Spider tribal built around Shelob. She gives every Spider deathtouch and ward {2}, so a wide board of reach Spiders becomes a wall of lethal blockers and a set of removal tools. Any creature a Spider damaged that dies the same turn is copied as a Food artifact token, so killed enemy creatures turn into Foods that keep their abilities. Forced-block effects, pingers and fight spells let deathtouch Spiders kill creatures on demand, and those Foods feed lifegain, mana and pump payoffs while the Spider count drives direct life drain. How it wins: It chokes the board with deathtouch Spider tokens and stolen Food copies, then finishes with a large Spider army pumped by anthems and counters or with drain from Ishkanah and Rotwidow Pack. Key roles: - Spider swarm: these cards build a wide board of reach Spiders and tokens that each gain deathtouch and ward from Shelob, often replacing themselves when they die. (Twin-Silk Spider, Penumbra Spider, Arachnogenesis) - Forced-block and ping removal: these make opposing creatures block deathtouch Spiders, or let a Spider tap to deal 1 damage, so each hit is a kill that also triggers Shelob's copy. (Nemesis Mask, Viridian Longbow, Lure) - Fight and bite kills: these spells have a deathtouch creature deal damage to an enemy creature, killing it and turning it into a Food copy under Shelob's clause. (Bite Down, Hard-Hitting Question, Legolas's Quick Reflexes) - Food and lifegain payoffs: these turn the Food copies and other Food tokens into mana, mass pumps and +1/+1 counters, and add more Food-copies of dead enemy creatures. (Night of the Sweets' Revenge, Blech, Loafing Pest, Supper for Spiders) - Death-trigger amplification: these multiply or reward creature deaths, doubling Shelob's copies and drawing cards when Spiders or opposing creatures die. (The Masamune, Lolth, Spider Queen, Spinner of Souls) - Finishers: these turn the Spider count into lethal through tribal anthems, counters with trample, poison from deathtouch hits, and drain per Spider. (Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Ishkanah, Grafwidow, Fynn, the Fangbearer)

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant - Spider Kindred decklist

• 8× Forest
• 4× Swamp
• Arasta of the Endless Web
• Command Tower
• Bojuka Bog
• Beast Within
• Cultivate
• Farseek
• Lure
• Nature's Lore
• Penumbra Spider
• Rampant Growth
• Sol Ring
• Watcher in the Web
• Sporeweb Weaver
• Temple of Malady
• Path of Ancestry
• Traverse the Outlands
• Llanowar Wastes
• Tainted Wood
• Kodama's Reach
• Silklash Spider
• Ishkanah, Grafwidow
• Stingerfling Spider
• Assassin's Trophy
• Overgrown Tomb
• Verdant Catacombs
• Pathway Arrows
• Twilight Mire
• Mutavault
• Nemesis Mask
• Rotwidow Pack
• Twin-Silk Spider
• Three Visits
• Arachnogenesis
• Chainweb Aracnir
• Swarmyard
• Thornbite Staff
• Roar of Challenge
• Woodland Cemetery
• Viridian Longbow
• Undergrowth Stadium
• Sweet-Gum Recluse
• Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
• Fynn, the Fangbearer
• Lolth, Spider Queen
• Brood Weaver
• Curse of Clinging Webs
• Doom Weaver
• Boseiju, Who Endures
• Llanowar Greenwidow
• Bite Down
• Skyfisher Spider
• Copper Longlegs
• The Shire
• Ruins Recluse
• Open the Way
• Last March of the Ents
• Night of the Sweets' Revenge
• Hard-Hitting Question
• Viridescent Bog
• Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
• Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
• Aveline de Grandpré
• Twitching Doll
• Swarmyard Massacre
• Withering Torment
• Spinner of Souls
• Wastewood Verge
• The Masamune
• Spider-Man, Brooklyn Visionary
• Gwenom, Remorseless
• Radioactive Spider
• Spiders-Man, Heroic Horde
• Chronicle of Victory
• Ninja Pizza
• Turbulent Fen
• Blech, Loafing Pest
• Supper for Spiders
• Blooming Marsh
• Deathcap Glade
• Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• Underground Mortuary
• Festering Gulch
• Shifting Woodland
• Spider-Ham, Peter Porker
• Spider-Man, Miles Morales
• Bloodline Bidding