Commander

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Global commander stats

All Golgari commanders

638 Wins

2182 Losses

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Overview

Summary

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 2,829 recorded Playgroup games, winning 22% of them (638–2182) at an Elo of 1,498, ranking #3189 globally.

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

Last full refresh 23 Aug 2026

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 2829 recorded Playgroup games (638 wins, 2182 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?

1,159 decks list Shelob, Child of Ungoliant as their commander on Playgroup, of which 591 have played at least one recorded game.

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

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Global rank

3189

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1498

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

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 1159

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 591

No. games played with this commander 2829

Total hours played about 1 month

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1566	WAFFLEman10	3	1	50 %
2	1552	MusicHog	4	2	50 %
3	1550	LvcaZ	4	2	50 %
4	1548	Quenthel	16	6	38 %
5	1541	ID3K	3	2	67 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins, 52.91% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

52.91%

Commander Damage

18.45%

Non Combat Damage

11.41%

Poison

8.25%

Alternative

5.58%

Combo

2.67%

Mill

0.73%

Avg win turn 10.9 based on 654 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

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Copper Longlegs Signature build 43 games · Signature build	+11.7 pp	43
2	Pathway Arrows 41 games	+4.9 pp	41
3	Return of the Wildspeaker 47 games	+2.2 pp	47
4	Wall Crawl 72 games	+1.6 pp	72
5	Spinner of Souls 111 games	+1.2 pp	111
6	Golgari Rot Farm 118 games	+0.2 pp	118

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.

Seat 1

25.86% n=781

Seat 2

24.91% n=791

Seat 3

20.12% n=646

Seat 4

14.75% n=373

Seat 5

9.68% n=62

Seat 6

0.0% n=9

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Shelob, Child of Ungoliant wins 24.79% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0 mulligans

24.79% n=1333

1 mulligan

21.2% n=415

2 mulligans

21.01% n=138

3 mulligans

20.0% n=45

4 mulligans

18.18% n=11

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 1978 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.