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Shelob's Ambush LTR 0108 · common

Shelob's Ambush · {B} · Instant · 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.") · As Frodo ran forward, eager, rejoicing to be free, Shelob with hideous speed came behind and stung him in the neck.

Shelob's Ambush · {B} · Instant · 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.") · As Frodo ran forward, eager, rejoicing to be free, Shelob with hideous speed came behind and stung him in the neck.

Price
from $0.142 printings
Win rate
59.7% GIH 105,351 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 62,941 wins in 105,351 card-in-hand instances.

97,117 distinct games · 31,986 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

59.7%when drawn (GIH)

+4.2 pp vs 55.6% average · 105,351 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#42 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 5.9 on average (329,162 packs).

13 of 38 black cards · 4 of 19 black common cards.

Taken at pick8.261,507 picks
Makes the deck59.7%61,507 picks with known usage
When played57.9%199,863.8 matchesBenched 56.6%
113,742.2 matches
When drawn59.7%105,351 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 57.7% · 39,137 instances
● Drawn later 60.9% · 66,214 instances

In hand 59.7% · 105,351 instances
Unseen in deck 56.6% · 141,110 instances
+3.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn59.7%105,351 instances13 of 38
Opening hand57.7%39,137 instances17 of 38
Drawn later60.9%66,214 instances11 of 38
In the deck58.0%246,620 instances9 of 38
Without seeing it56.6%141,110 instances2 of 38
Improvement when drawn+3.1 pp105,351 instances / 141,110 instances15 of 38
When benched56.6%113,742.2 matches9 of 38
Makes the deck59.7%61,507 picks with known usage28 of 38
Pick (last seen)5.9329,162 packs34 of 38
Taken at8.261,507 picks31 of 38

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Black–Red BR61.6%38,676 instancesBlue–Black UB61.2%14,919 instancesWhite–Black WB60.1%17,490 instancesBlack–Green BG58.3%5,964 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (59.7% · 105,351 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Mirkwood Bats+3.7 pp38,307 games with both in the deck · 8,385 both drawnCall of the Ring+4.7 pp14,699 games with both in the deck · 3,419 both drawnMordor Muster+1.8 pp100,404 games with both in the deck · 26,379 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 84% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

Collect

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0108 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · Starter Kit · jumpstart$0.14
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.28

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 675 packs (0.15%) · 5.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (9.20%) · 96.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 225 packs (0.44%) · 12.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.26%) · 72.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 25 packs (3.95%) · 38.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (10.00%) · 85.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommons100% per positionDraft and Set Booster common printings
Draft BoosterCommon or foil67%Draft and Set Booster common printings
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil commons100% per positionMain set · common
Collector BoosterFoil common or rare Sol Ring treatmentRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedMain set · common

Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Simon Dominic, LTR 108 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗