Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Global Commander Stats

575 Wins

2049 Losses

Summary

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,624 recorded Playgroup games, winning 21% of them (575–2049) at an Elo of 1,544, ranking #1149 globally.

Wins average 11 turns, with 5 damage dealt and 0.4 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Jun 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Shelob, Child of Ungoliant's win rate?

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant has a 21% win rate across 2624 recorded Playgroup games (575 wins, 2049 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?

1,030 decks list Shelob, Child of Ungoliant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 529 have played at least one recorded game.

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global Rank

1149

Wins By Turn (on avg.)

Elo rating

1544

Global Elo Trend

Commander Popularity Trend

Misc. Stats

Average damage per game 5

Average commander damage per game 11

Average poison counters given per game 3

Average kills per game 0.4

Average turn length 2 minutes

No. decks for this commander 1030

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 529

No. games played with this commander 2624

Total hours played about 1 month

Top 5 Public Decks

Rank	Elo	User	No. games	Wins	Winrate
1	1552	MusicHog	4	2	50 %
2	1548	Quenthel	16	6	38 %
3	1538	Sherman	10	4	40 %
4	1538	burtan	1	1	100 %
5	1536	M4RZ	1	1	100 %

How does this commander win?

When Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins, 51.08% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

51.08%

Commander Damage

19.73%

Non Combat Damage

11.35%

Poison

7.84%

Alternative

6.22%

Combo

2.97%

Mill

0.81%

Avg win turn 10.9 based on 594 wins with recorded turn counts

Does seating order matter?

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins 25.73% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

25.73% n=758

Seat 2

24.54% n=762

Seat 3

19.84% n=620

Seat 4

14.77% n=352

Seat 5

8.62% n=58

Seat 6

0.0% n=9

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins 24.64% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.64% n=1246

1 mulligan

19.95% n=381

2 mulligans

18.1% n=116

3 mulligans

20.0% n=40

4 mulligans

20.0% n=10

5 mulligans

0.0% n=4

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Shelob, Child of Ungoliant 3.56/5 on average, across 1834 self-reports.

3.56 / 5

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Opponent salt

When Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins, opponents flag the game as salty 68.3% of the time across 596 tracked wins.

68.3 \%

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.