Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Printings

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

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Card Information

Type: Legendary Creature — Spider Demon

Mana Cost: 4Black manaGreen mana

CMC: 6

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for BMana symbol for G

Set: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 230

Oracle 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.

Keywords

FoodWardDeathtouch

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Related Cards

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant(Legendary Creature — Spider Demon)
Copy(Token)

Card Rulings

  1. November 8, 2024

    Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

    Source: wotc
  2. November 8, 2024

    Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

    Source: wotc
  3. November 8, 2024

    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.

    Source: wotc
  4. June 16, 2023

    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.

    Source: wotc
  5. June 16, 2023

    If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied, with the exceptions noted above.

    Source: wotc
  6. June 16, 2023

    Since the token is a Food artifact and not a creature, it can't attack or block unless it becomes a creature somehow.

    Source: wotc
  7. June 16, 2023

    The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it exists in the graveyard.

    Source: wotc
  8. June 16, 2023

    If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

    Source: wotc
  9. June 16, 2023

    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.

    Source: wotc
  10. June 16, 2023

    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.

    Source: wotc

Price History

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