Shelob's Spoils by Nemesis31

Format: Commander

Commander: Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a six-mana Golgari midrange engine that turns fight spells into one-sided removal and dead creatures into Food-artifact copies. The deck ramps with land-search spells and mana rocks, aiming to cast Shelob around turn five and use her global deathtouch and ward {2} to protect a Spider swarm. Secondary paths rely on token production from Lolth, Ishkanah, and Arachnogenesis, then close with Overwhelming Stampede or Revenge of the Hunted; Shelob, Dread Weaver adds a recursion and theft subtheme, while Rotwidow Pack and Ishkanah grind life totals. There is no double-faced commander; the deck is built around Shelob, Child's triggered ability, with no alternate face to switch to.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Animist's Might
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arachnus Spinner
  • 1 Arachnus Web
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brood Weaver
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Chainweb Aracnir
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Clinging Webs
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deadly Recluse
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Drider
  • 1 Driven // Despair
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Infectious Bite
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Greenwidow
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Master's Rebuke
  • 1 Mirkwood
  • 1 Mirkwood Spider
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Penumbra Spider
  • 1 Prizefight
  • 1 Quarrel
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Revenge of the Hunted
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roar of Challenge
  • 1 Rotwidow Pack
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Setessan Tactics
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Silklash Spider
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider Spawning
  • 1 Spider Umbra
  • 1 Spinning Wheel Kick
  • 1 Spitting Spider
  • 1 Stew the Coneys
  • 1 Supper for Spiders
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Terrifying Presence
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twin-Silk Spider
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watcher in the Web
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth