Shelob, Dread Weaver

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Shelob, Dread Weaver: Legendary Creature - Spider Demon, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Spider Demon
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
29
Artist
Warren Mahy
Commander rank
5,771 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Shelob, Dread Weaver

Shelob, Dread Weaver is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 29 in that set, with art by Warren Mahy. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.33 (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, Dread Weaver by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Shelob, Dread Weaver

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #431Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #112Rare2023

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Shelob, Dread Weaver, newest first.

  • 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.
  • 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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