spiders by rehzik

Format: Commander

Commander: Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Golgari deck leverages Spider kindred synergies under the command of Shelob, Child of Ungoliant. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost Spiders and establishing mana acceleration through green dorks and rocks. Once Shelob resolves on Turn 5, she turns all friendly Spiders into lethal deathtouch blockers protected by ward {2}. The deck takes control of the battlefield on Turn 6 by pairing deathtouch with one-sided fight and bite spells such as Ram Through and Bite Down, destroying opposing threats while converting them into Food artifact token copies. Combat buffs from Glorious Sunrise and The Masamune, alongside alternate pressure from Fynn, the Fangbearer, enable sequential combat eliminations. While resilient against single-target removal and ground combat, the strategy relies on natural draws to find key interaction and remains vulnerable to non-damage board wipes across its multi-turn combat clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Arachnus Spinner
  • 1 Arachnus Web
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assert Perfection
  • 1 Attercop
  • 1 Badlands Revival
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bite Down
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brood Weaver
  • 1 Broodspinner
  • 1 Chainweb Aracnir
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Colossal Collision
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crushing Canopy
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dragon Sniper
  • 1 Dredging Claw
  • 1 Fade into Antiquity
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Fight for the Throne
  • 18 Forest
  • 1 Funnel-Web Recluse
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Giant Spider
  • 1 Go Nuts!
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Guy in the Chair
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Hoarding Recluse
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mammoth Spider
  • 1 Netcaster Spider
  • 1 Old Fat Spider
  • 1 Overcome
  • 1 Paradise Druid
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Predators' Hour
  • 1 Primal Might
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Indulgence
  • 1 Selfless Safewright
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Shelob, Dread Weaver
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skyfisher Spider
  • 1 Snarespinner
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spore Crawler
  • 1 Stingerfling Spider
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Masamune
  • 1 Treetop Snarespinner
  • 1 Troll Negotiations
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Witch's Web
  • 1 Zombify