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Shelob, Dread Weaver
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Shelob, Dread Weaver

{3}{B}

Legendary Creature — Spider Demon

Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, exile it.

{2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob into its owner's graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on Shelob. Draw a card.

{X}{1}{B}: Put target creature card with mana value X exiled with Shelob onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

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Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC #29)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2023-06-23
Artist
Warren Mahy
EDHREC rank
#5,769
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.11
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Harvester of Souls 49 %+42.9 %
  2. Merciless Executioner 49 %+41.5 %
  3. Gravelighter 43 %+39.3 %
  4. Demon's Disciple 45 %+36.8 %
  5. Morbid Opportunist 60 %+36.0 %
  6. Ravenous Chupacabra 39 %+34.6 %
  7. Soul Shatter 45 %+33.3 %
  8. Accursed Marauder 55 %+32.8 %
  9. Fleshbag Marauder 49 %+32.7 %
  10. Sheoldred's Edict 48 %+32.5 %
  11. Royal Assassin 34 %+31.1 %
  12. Plaguecrafter 51 %+31.0 %
  13. Massacre Wurm 47 %+29.7 %
  14. No Mercy 36 %+28.9 %
  15. Shriekmaw 30 %+28.0 %
  16. Black Market 48 %+27.8 %
  17. Archfiend of Depravity 34 %+27.1 %
  18. Phyrexian Obliterator 38 %+26.9 %
  19. Go for the Throat 49 %+26.7 %
  20. Heartstone 25 %+25.3 %
  21. Doom Blade 30 %+22.9 %
  22. Witch-king of Angmar 24 %+22.4 %
  23. In Garruk's Wake 25 %+21.2 %
  24. Noxious Gearhulk 27 %+20.3 %
  25. Murderous Rider 26 %+20.2 %
  26. Hero's Downfall 27 %+20.0 %
  27. Swarmyard 25 %+19.8 %
  28. Mithril Coat 25 %+19.2 %
  29. Liliana's Triumph 25 %+19.2 %
  30. Overseer of the Damned 22 %+19.0 %
  31. Wayfarer's Bauble 33 %+18.2 %
  32. Voracious Fell Beast 18 %+17.4 %
  33. Curtains' Call 19 %+17.2 %
  34. Vona's Hunger 21 %+16.6 %
  35. Sceptre of Eternal Glory 24 %+16.1 %
  36. Dread Presence 29 %+16.0 %
  37. Swiftfoot Boots 47 %+15.5 %
  38. Infernal Grasp 40 %+15.1 %
  39. Burnished Hart 22 %+14.9 %
  40. Butcher of Malakir 21 %+14.8 %
  41. Sheoldred, Whispering One 26 %+14.6 %
  42. Bitter Triumph 24 %+14.3 %
  43. Murder 24 %+14.1 %
  44. Solemn Simulacrum 35 %+14.0 %
  45. Defile 49 %+13.9 %
  46. Tragic Slip 33 %+13.8 %
  47. Kaya's Ghostform 24 %+13.7 %
  48. Cast Down 14 %+13.0 %
  49. Nirkana Revenant 23 %+12.8 %
  50. Nowhere to Run 16 %+12.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 93 %-2.0 %
  2. Sol Ring 83 %-2.0 %
  3. Arcane Signet 65 %+3.2 %
  4. Feed the Swarm 61 %+11.0 %
  5. Morbid Opportunist 60 %+36.0 %
  6. Dark Ritual 60 %-7.7 %
  7. Accursed Marauder 55 %+32.8 %
  8. Jet Medallion 54 %-7.9 %
  9. Cabal Coffers 54 %-1.2 %
  10. Plaguecrafter 51 %+31.0 %
  11. Crypt Ghast 51 %+3.9 %
  12. Fleshbag Marauder 49 %+32.7 %
  13. Harvester of Souls 49 %+42.9 %
  14. Defile 49 %+13.9 %
  15. Merciless Executioner 49 %+41.5 %
  16. Go for the Throat 49 %+26.7 %
  17. Black Market 48 %+27.8 %
  18. Sheoldred's Edict 48 %+32.5 %
  19. Swiftfoot Boots 47 %+15.5 %
  20. Massacre Wurm 47 %+29.7 %
  21. Soul Shatter 45 %+33.3 %
  22. Demon's Disciple 45 %+36.8 %
  23. Withering Torment 44 %+12.2 %
  24. Bojuka Bog 44 %-3.5 %
  25. Sign in Blood 43 %+7.7 %
  26. Phyrexian Arena 43 %+3.3 %
  27. Gravelighter 43 %+39.3 %
  28. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 42 %-8.2 %
  29. Toxic Deluge 41 %+4.6 %
  30. Infernal Grasp 40 %+15.1 %
  31. Ravenous Chupacabra 39 %+34.6 %
  32. Phyrexian Obliterator 38 %+26.9 %
  33. Night's Whisper 38 %+12.2 %
  34. Cabal Stronghold 38 %+3.6 %
  35. Mind Stone 36 %+8.7 %
  36. No Mercy 36 %+28.9 %
  37. Blood Artist 36 %+4.4 %
  38. Solemn Simulacrum 35 %+14.0 %
  39. Lightning Greaves 35 %+0.9 %
  40. Archfiend of Depravity 34 %+27.1 %
  41. Royal Assassin 34 %+31.1 %
  42. Wayfarer's Bauble 33 %+18.2 %
  43. Tragic Slip 33 %+13.8 %
  44. Reanimate 32 %-8.8 %
  45. Charcoal Diamond 31 %+9.9 %
  46. Myriad Landscape 31 %+6.7 %
  47. Shriekmaw 30 %+28.0 %
  48. Doom Blade 30 %+22.9 %
  49. Dread Presence 29 %+16.0 %
  50. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 28 %-9.5 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16

    Cards exiled with Shelob, Dread Weaver that would go to the graveyard but have that replaced by an effect such as Leyline of the Void are considered new objects. They are no longer considered to have been exiled with Shelob, Dread Weaver for the purposes of its activated abilities.

  • 2023-06-16

    If Shelob, Dread Weaver and a nontoken creature an opponent controls die at the same time, the opponent's creature will be exiled.

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