Faramir, Steward of Gondor
Legendary Creature — Human Noble
Whenever a legendary creature you control with mana value 4 or greater enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, create two 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $1.67
- EDHREC rank
- #5337
Faramir, Steward of Gondor puts a repeatable token engine on the board the moment you gain life, which in the right deck means a creature every single turn. The cost — a three-mana 2/3 with no immediate impact — is real, but Aragorn, King of Gondor turns Faramir into a free token factory that snowballs faster than most tables can answer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor triggers Faramir, Steward of Gondor on every attack via the Ring's life-gain clause, turning combat steps into a steady stream of Human Soldier tokens that feed right back into Aragorn's go-wide aggro plan.
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden's token-on-attack trigger stacks with Faramir, Steward of Gondor's life-gain clause, and both cards want a wide battlefield of creatures to maximize damage and legend payoffs.
Aragorn, the Uniter
Aragorn, the Uniter wants a dense Human roster to chain triggers, and Faramir, Steward of Gondor supplies cheap token fodder that doubles as fuel for the four-color value engine every time the deck gains life.
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 |
Faramir, Steward of Gondor is a Commander card through and through — the life-gain token loop is too slow and too conditional for Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but never played. In Commander, it slots cleanly into any Esper or Mardu life-gain or Gondor tribal shell and scales with how aggressively your deck can trigger the clause each turn cycle. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home as well if you're building around a white or black life-gain signature spell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.67 cheap tier
At $1.67, Faramir, Steward of Gondor sits in the budget-staple tier — easy to pick up as a one-of without second-guessing the spend. Demand is tied almost entirely to Lord of the Rings Commander decks, so the price is stable rather than climbing.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.