Bracket 5\ by markjames

Format: Commander

Commander: Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed Golgari combo list built for competitive play. Its primary win condition pairs Witherbloom Apprentice with Chain of Smog to drain every opponent out in a single turn. Dense fast mana including Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, and Dark Ritual enables reliable deployment by turn 3. An extensive tutor suite featuring Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, and Imperial Seal ensures consistent access across opening hands. The deck protects its combo turns using efficient spells like Veil of Summer, Autumn's Veil, and Sylvan Safekeeper. When disrupted, low-cost recursion like Reanimate and Noxious Revival quickly restores the combo, while Natural Order into Protean Hulk offers a fast independent backup route. Potent disruptive creatures such as Opposition Agent, Collector Ouphe, and Orcish Bowmasters constrain opposing strategies while this deck executes its proactive game plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
  • 1 Cabal Pit
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pattern of Rebirth
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
  • 1 Slaughter Pact
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth