Commander

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Global commander stats {B} {G} All Golgari commanders
Win Rate 22%
612 Wins
2126 Losses
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Overview

Summary

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,741 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (6122126) at an Elo of 1,473, ranking #3636 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 2741 recorded Playgroup games (612 wins, 2126 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?
1,074 decks list Shelob, Child of Ungoliant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 552 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
3636
Wins by turn (avg.)
11
Elo rating
1473
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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 1074
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 552
No. games played with this commander 2741
Total hours played about 1 month
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1552 MusicHog 4 2
2 1548 Quenthel 16 6
3 1538 burtan 1 1
4 1536 M4RZ 1 1
5 1525 Sherman 11 4
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins, 52.64% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.64%
Commander Damage
18.89%
Non Combat Damage
10.83%
Poison
8.31%
Alternative
5.79%
Combo
2.77%
Mill
0.76%
Avg win turn 10.9 based on 629 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.

+10.6 pp
Top card: Return of the Wildspeaker

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 25.74% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
25.74% n=773
2
Seat 2
24.74% n=784
3
Seat 3
19.97% n=636
4
Seat 4
15.03% n=366
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 24.83% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
24.83% n=1297
1
1 mulligan
20.51% n=395
2
2 mulligans
18.75% n=128
3
3 mulligans
20.93% n=43
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 1922 self-reports.

3.55 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 69.0% of the time across 630 tracked wins.

69.0 \%
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