Boromir, Gondor's Hope
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever Boromir enters or attacks, look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a Human or artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.83
- EDHREC rank
- #6706
Boromir, Gondor's Hope puts a 5/5 vigilance body on board that blankets your team in ward 1 and pumps itself every time another creature enters — that's a lot of table presence for five mana. The catch is that he's a payoff card rather than an engine, so he needs a Human or legendary-tribal shell, and Éowyn, Shieldmaiden is the natural home where his trigger fires constantly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden churns out Human tokens on attack triggers, and every one of those tokens landing on the battlefield stacks another +1/+1 counter on Boromir, Gondor's Hope — he routinely grows to a double-digit threat inside two combat steps while also giving the entire token board ward 1.
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor rewards you for going wide with legendary-matters and Human synergies, and Boromir, Gondor's Hope fits cleanly as a resilient midrange threat that taxes opponents trying to pick off your board one piece at a time.
Aragorn, the Uniter
Aragorn, the Uniter runs a four-color Human package that spells trigger multiple cascade-style effects on cast, and Boromir, Gondor's Hope adds a durable, self-growing threat that makes the overall board harder to clear efficiently.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the format where Boromir, Gondor's Hope earns his keep — the game goes long enough for his counter-accumulation to matter, and ward 1 on every creature is genuinely taxing in a four-player game where opponents are spread thin on mana. Outside Commander, he's legal in Legacy and Vintage but five-mana creatures that don't immediately win the game don't register in either format. Oathbreaker could theoretically support him in a Human-tribal shell, but the smaller game counts and compressed timelines make his growth clock less reliable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.83 bulk tier
At $0.83, Boromir, Gondor's Hope sits in bulk territory, which makes him an easy include whenever the archetype calls for him. The price reflects his narrow tribal home more than any ceiling on his power, so he's unlikely to spike unless a future commander pushes Human or legendary synergies into a higher-powered bracket.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.