Shelob, Child of Ungoliant + Thornbite Staff + Lightning Prowess

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Thornbite Staff

Lightning Prowess

How it works

1. Activate the Spider with Thornbite Staff and Lightning Prowess attached by tapping it, dealing 1 damage to a creature an opponent controls and destroying it due to the Spider's deathtouch.
2. When the creature dies, Shelob and the Spider tapped in step 1 trigger.
3. Resolve the Shelob trigger, creating a token copy of the creature that died that is a Food artifact.
4. Resolve the Spider trigger, untapping it.
5. Repeat as desired. You can also repeat this loop whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.

This elegant loop turns Shelob, Child of Ungoliant into a terrifying apex predator by outfitting one of her arachnid spawn with both Thornbite Staff and Lightning Prowess. Once equipped, the spider gains the ability to ping any target for 1 damage—which, thanks to Shelob's deathtouch grant, is more than enough to instantly slay any creature. Every time a foe perishes to this lethal ping, Thornbite Staff untaps the shooter while Shelob's triggered ability steps in to harvest the corpse, baking it into a nourishing Food token copy. You can freely repeat this cycle to wipe out an opponent's entire board and effortlessly lock them out of the game as every new creature they try to cast meets an immediate, untimely end.