Shelob, Child of Ungoliant + Thornbite Staff + Heavy Arbalest

Shelob, Child of Ungoliant

Thornbite Staff

Heavy Arbalest

How it works

1. Activate the Spider with Thornbite Staff and Heavy Arbalest 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 clever loop turns any creature into a repeatable removal engine by leveraging Shelob, Child of Ungoliant to capitalize on damage-based destruction. By equipping a creature with both Thornbite Staff and Heavy Arbalest, you grant it the ability to ping targets for 1 damage—which proves lethal to any opponent's creature thanks to Shelob's granted deathtouch. Every time that victim falls, Thornbite Staff's second ability untaps your sharpshooter, while Shelob concurrently triggers to preserve the fallen foe as an inert, lifegaining Food artifact token instead of letting it go to the graveyard.