Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Legendary Creature — Spider Demon
Deathtouch, ward 
Other Spiders you control have deathtouch and ward .
Whenever another creature dealt damage this turn by a Spider you controlled dies, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a Food artifact with ", 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life," and it loses all other card types.
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- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #230)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 6
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Artist
- Lorenzo Mastroianni
- EDHREC rank
- #5,035
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 32
All 32 combos.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Arasta of the Endless Web
- Ishkanah, Grafwidow
- Arachnogenesis
- Shelob, Dread Weaver
- Twin-Silk Spider
- Rotwidow Pack
- Drider
- Curse of Clinging Webs
- Skyfisher Spider
- Chainweb Aracnir
- Twitching Doll
- Penumbra Spider
- Lolth, Spider Queen
- Silklash Spider
- Spider Spawning
- Doom Weaver
- Watcher in the Web
- Deadly Recluse
- Sweet-Gum Recluse
- Spinner of Souls
- Viridian Longbow
- Brood Weaver
- Sporeweb Weaver
- Mirkwood Spider
- Swarmyard
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Hatchery Spider
- Obelisk Spider
- Bushwhack
- Bite Down
- Cosmic Hunger
- Llanowar Greenwidow
- Prizefight
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Roar of Challenge
- Broodspinner
- Nyx Weaver
- Path of Ancestry
- Herald's Horn
- Ruins Recluse
- Cultivate
- Realmwalker
- Kodama's Reach
- Supper for Spiders
- Attercop
- Arachnus Web
- Ulvenwald Tracker
- Deathreap Ritual
- Spider-Ham, Peter Porker
- Thornbite Staff
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Swamp
- Arasta of the Endless Web
- Sol Ring
- Arachnogenesis
- Command Tower
- Ishkanah, Grafwidow
- Twitching Doll
- Shelob, Dread Weaver
- Twin-Silk Spider
- Rotwidow Pack
- Arcane Signet
- Drider
- Skyfisher Spider
- Curse of Clinging Webs
- Cultivate
- Chainweb Aracnir
- Lolth, Spider Queen
- Penumbra Spider
- Silklash Spider
- Spider Spawning
- Woodland Cemetery
- Doom Weaver
- Swarmyard
- Watcher in the Web
- Deadly Recluse
- Spinner of Souls
- Sweet-Gum Recluse
- Path of Ancestry
- Viridian Longbow
- Rampant Growth
- Brood Weaver
- Fynn, the Fangbearer
- Sporeweb Weaver
- Kodama's Reach
- Mirkwood Spider
- Tainted Wood
- Obelisk Spider
- Bushwhack
- Hatchery Spider
- Golgari Rot Farm
- Bite Down
- Bojuka Bog
- Temple of Malady
- Cosmic Hunger
- Nyx Weaver
- Necroblossom Snarl
- Nature's Lore
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Golgari Charm
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-06-16
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
- 2023-06-16
Except for being a Food artifact, having the listed activated ability, and losing all other card types and subtypes, the token copies only what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that had changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
- 2023-06-16
If the copied creature has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. - 2023-06-16
If the copied creature is a token, the new token that's created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the exceptions noted above.
- 2023-06-16
If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the exceptions noted above.
- 2023-06-16
Since the token is a Food artifact and not a creature, it can't attack or block unless it becomes a creature somehow.
- 2023-06-16
The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it exists in the graveyard.
- 2024-11-08
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- 2024-11-08
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- 2024-11-08
You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.