Shelob's Ambush
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #108 (common)
- Price
- $0.18 USD
Target creature gets +1/+2 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Shelob's Ambush has 2 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #9,477 among Commander cards. It appears most in Shelob, Child of Ungoliant decks (2,415 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Shelob's Ambush most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Shelob, Child of Ungoliant: 2,415 decks
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant: 1,403 decks
- Camellia, the Seedmiser: 909 decks
- Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar: 848 decks
- Greta, Sweettooth Scourge: 573 decks
- Frodo, Sauron's Bane: 294 decks
- Gyome, Master Chef: 193 decks
- Sauron, the Lidless Eye: 101 decks
Often played with Shelob's Ambush
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- : 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.
- : Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- : Some spells and abilities that create Food tokens may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't create any Food tokens.