Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

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Shelob, Child of Ungoliant: Legendary Creature - Spider Demon, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{G}
Mana value
6
Type
Legendary Creature - Spider Demon
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Power / toughness
8/8
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
230
Artist
Lorenzo Mastroianni
Commander rank
5,102 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Deathtouch, Food, Ward
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green legendary creature from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 230 in that set, with art by Lorenzo Mastroianni. It costs {4}{B}{G} (four generic, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 8/8 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.01 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.01 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Shelob, Child of Ungoliant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #681Rare2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #785Rare2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #374Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #230sRare2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Shelob, Child of Ungoliant, newest first.

  • Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
  • Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the exceptions noted above.
  • 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.
  • The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it exists in the graveyard.
  • Since the token is a Food artifact and not a creature, it can't attack or block unless it becomes a creature somehow.

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