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Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Legendary Creature — Spider Demon |
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Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

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Live Value $3.19
Foil Multiplier: Flat Baseline (1.0x)
Reprint Profile:
Printed 5 times HIGH RISK

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Board State Logistics
Token Array Generator
This spell floods the board. Stop tracking 1/1 swarms with ripped-up scrap paper or loose change.

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Rarity
rare
Set Origin
Daily Shift
+11.93%
EDHREC Rank
#5,034
Mana Cost
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Oracle Data

Card Type Legendary Creature — Spider Demon
Color Identity Black , Green
Power / Toughness 8 / 8
🖋️ Curator's Notes
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.
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Official Judge Precedents

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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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

📜 Technical Attributes
Release Date: 2023-06-23
Artist Reference: Lorenzo Mastroianni
Border Profile: black
✨ Variants & Finishes
Available Finishes Standard • Traditional Foil
Promo Status universesbeyond
Edition Status Original Printing

Sanctioned Formats

standard not_legal
modern legal
legacy legal
commander legal
pioneer not_legal
pauper not_legal
vintage legal
brawl legal
explorer not_legal
penny legal
predh not_legal
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