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Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Legendary Creature — Spider Demon MV 6

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What it does

Deathtouch, ward 2

Other Spiders you control have deathtouch and ward 2.

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 "2, T, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life," and it loses all other card types.

Combos with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

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Rulings

10 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 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 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.

  • 2023-06-16

    If the copied creature has X 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

    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.

  • 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.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

As a commander

Decks built with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant in the command zone.

Decks led 2
Games played 1
Wins 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games — not enough to publish a rate yet.

Every version of Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

5 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

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Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.