Sets / The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · Rare · Foil · #785 · Current price $5.29

The card

{4}{B}{G} · Legendary Creature — Spider Demon · 8/8

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.

Keywords: Food, Ward, Deathtouch

Price history

Traded between $4.36 and $5.34 over the last 90 days, peaking 7 Sep 2026. Now $5.29 — 0.9% below its 90-day high. Over the window it moved +20.2%.

AI price forecast

• 7-day: $5.30 (+0.1%, high confidence) — 80% range $5.15 to $5.51
• 14-day: $5.32 (+0.6%, high confidence) — 80% range $5.07 to $5.64
• 30-day: $5.36 (+1.4%, high confidence) — 80% range $4.94 to $5.93

Other printings

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant has 8 printings tracked here; this is the 5th most expensive.

• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (Foil) — $18.86
• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — $11.53
• Tales of Middle-earth Promos (Foil) — $10.40
• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (Foil) — $9.47
• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (Foil) — $3.09
• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — $2.67
• The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth — $1.86

Playability & legality

EDHREC rank 5045 — a measure of how often it appears in Commander decks.

Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl.

About this printing

• This is a reprint, not a first printing.
• 2015 frame.
• Art by Lorenzo Mastroianni.

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