---
name: "Shelob, Dread Weaver"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Spider Demon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LTC"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Commander"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Warren Mahy"
oracle_id: "7eade76f-92e4-4d26-9eb8-d3d954845c04"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shelob-dread-weaver-ltc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shelob, Dread Weaver
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Spider Demon
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, exile it.
{2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob into its owner's graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on Shelob. Draw a card.
{X}{1}{B}: Put target creature card with mana value X exiled with Shelob onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shelob, Child of Ungoliant](/printing/shelob-child-of-ungoliant-pltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Spider Demon
2. [Lolth, Spider Queen](/printing/lolth-spider-queen-pafr.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Lolth
3. [Rotwidow Pack](/printing/rotwidow-pack-mh1.md) — Creature — Spider
4. [Spinneret and Spiderling](/printing/spinneret-and-spiderling-om1.md) — Legendary Creature — Spider Human Hero
5. [Curse of Clinging Webs](/printing/curse-of-clinging-webs-mic.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
6. [Ishkanah, Broodmother](/printing/ishkanah-broodmother-ymid.md) — Legendary Creature — Spider

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #29
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Warren Mahy
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`