Commander

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Global commander stats {B} {G} All Golgari commanders
Win Rate 22%
636 Wins
2173 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,817 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (6362173) at an Elo of 1,525, ranking #1512 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.39 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shelob, Child of Ungoliant's win rate?
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant has a 22% win rate across 2817 recorded Playgroup games (636 wins, 2173 losses).
How long do winning games with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant take?
Wins with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant take on average 11 turns. Total tracked play time: about 1 month.
How many decks use Shelob, Child of Ungoliant?
1,154 decks list Shelob, Child of Ungoliant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 587 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
1512
Wins by turn (avg.)
11
Elo rating
1525
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 5
Average commander damage per game 11
Average poison counters given per game 3
Average kills per game 0.39
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1154
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 587
No. games played with this commander 2817
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1566 WAFFLEman10 3 1
2 1552 MusicHog 4 2
3 1548 Quenthel 16 6
4 1541 ID3K 3 2
5 1538 burtan 1 1
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins, 52.8% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.8%
Commander Damage
18.49%
Non Combat Damage
11.44%
Poison
8.27%
Alternative
5.6%
Combo
2.68%
Mill
0.73%
Avg win turn 10.9 based on 652 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant decks that leave them out.

+11.7 pp
Top card: Copper Longlegs

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins 25.86% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
25.86% n=781
2
Seat 2
24.91% n=791
3
Seat 3
20.12% n=646
4
Seat 4
14.78% n=372
5
Seat 5
9.68% n=62
6
Seat 6
0.0% n=9
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins 24.89% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.89% n=1328
1
1 mulligan
21.12% n=412
2
2 mulligans
20.44% n=137
3
3 mulligans
20.0% n=45
4
4 mulligans
18.18% n=11
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=4
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant 3.55/5 on average, across 1971 self-reports.

3.55 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 70.1% of the time across 656 tracked wins.

70.1 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Shelob, Child of Ungoliant. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 worst matchups

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