Shelob, Dread Weaver

Shelob, Dread Weaver

Legendary Creature — Spider Demon

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, exile it.

triggered — hits a graveyard

Put two +1/+1 counters on Shelob. Draw a card.

activated {2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob into its owner's graveyard —

activated {2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob into its owner's graveyard — puts 2 counters on it

activated {2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob into its owner's graveyard — draws you 1 card

Put target creature card with mana value X exiled with Shelob onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

activated {X}{1}{B} — blinks a permanent

What we read on this card

Causes: exile a nontoken creature, a nontoken creature leaves a graveyard, put a creature into a graveyard, put a counter on anything, draw a card, put a creature onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a nontoken creature dies.

Works well with

a Spider creature it grants types to — 26 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this.

  1. Spider-Suit — Spider-Suit gives Shelob, Dread Weaver an extra creature type

25 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Demon enters the battlefield — 170 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

  1. Blood Speaker — When Shelob, Dread Weaver enters, Blood Speaker returns itself from the graveyard

a creature is exiled — 275 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Shelob, Dread Weaver, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 645 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

  1. Erebos's Titan — When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Shelob, Dread Weaver, Erebos's Titan triggers

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature gets a counter — 542 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When Shelob, Dread Weaver gets a counter:

  1. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  2. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — puts a counter on a permanent

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 1,237 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this.

When a creature dies thanks to:

  1. Termination Facilitator — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  2. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  3. Professor Onyx — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  4. Death Rattle — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  5. Murderous Cut — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  6. Witch of the Moors — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  7. Underhanded Designs — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  8. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  9. Doomwake Giant — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard
  10. Resistance Is Futile — Shelob, Dread Weaver hits a graveyard

1,227 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature goes to a graveyard — 1,280 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Shelob, Dread Weaver:

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  2. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  3. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  4. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 789 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When Shelob, Dread Weaver makes a player draw a card:

  1. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  3. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse — gains you 2 life
  5. Moonring Mirror — exiles a card from your library

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

  1. Heart-Shaped Herb — Shelob, Dread Weaver puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  2. Rescue from the Underworld — Shelob, Dread Weaver puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  3. Victimize — Shelob, Dread Weaver puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  4. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Shelob, Dread Weaver puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  5. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — Shelob, Dread Weaver puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  6. Repentant Vampire — Shelob, Dread Weaver fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  7. Treacherous Vampire — Shelob, Dread Weaver fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  8. Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Shelob, Dread Weaver would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
  9. Gloomdrifter — Shelob, Dread Weaver fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Gloomdrifter needs
  10. Loot, the Anomaly — Shelob, Dread Weaver fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Loot, the Anomaly needs

138 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Shelob, Dread Weaver:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  4. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 3,478 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When Shelob, Dread Weaver attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  3. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  4. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  5. Wand of Orcus — grants deathtouch
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

48 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When Shelob, Dread Weaver attacks:

  1. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  2. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  3. Fire Navy Trebuchet — makes a token
  4. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  5. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  6. Boggart Prankster — gives +1/+0
  7. Within Range — makes each opponent lose life
  8. Curse of Disturbance — makes a token
  9. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  10. Twins of Discord — triggers

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 3,478 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When Shelob, Dread Weaver blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature deals combat damage — 3,478 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Shelob, Dread Weaver deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

61 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 3,493 cards in Shelob's colors can cause this (Shelob is one).

When Shelob, Dread Weaver is cast:

  1. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  5. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  6. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  7. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  8. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.