Shelob by gsmebbs

Format: Commander

Commander: Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari midrange kindred strategy led by Shelob, Child of Ungoliant. It accelerates through green ramp to cast Shelob on Turn 5, granting all Spiders deathtouch and ward {2}. The deck leverages fighting and pinging equipment like Viridian Longbow, Thornbite Staff, and Ulvenwald Tracker to turn every Spider into repeatable, instant-speed creature removal that steals destroyed creatures as Food artifact tokens. As the battlefield falls under control, the deck amasses a wide board of Spiders and tokens through cards like Arasta of the Endless Web, Spider Spawning, and Ishkanah, Grafwidow. Victory is achieved by converting the token army into lethal combat damage via Craterhoof Behemoth or Beastmaster Ascension, or through direct drain engines including Mirkwood Bats and Rotwidow Pack. The deck features robust interaction, high resilience against targeted removal due to baked-in ward protection, and multiple backup paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Broodspinner
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chainweb Aracnir
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gingerbread Cabin
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Gyome, Master Chef
  • 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Many Partings
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Nyx Weaver
  • 1 Obelisk Spider
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Poison-Tip Archer
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rotwidow Pack
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 9 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 6 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider Spawning
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Swarmyard
  • 1 Swarmyard Massacre
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Twin-Silk Spider
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 Vraska, Golgari Queen
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth