Fealty to the Realm
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, you become the monarch.
The monarch controls enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature attacks each combat if able and can't attack you.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #10383
Fealty to the Realm steals any creature permanently — no end-of-turn clause, no sacrifice trigger — for five mana at sorcery speed. Aragorn, King of Gondor players reach for it because the Ring temptation clause stapled to Aragorn means you're often taking something, making it a Ringbearer, and pressing advantage in the same turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor's Ring temptation triggers care about having the Ring's chosen creature attacking, so stealing a blocker or bomb with Fealty to the Realm and immediately nominating it as Ringbearer turns a removal spell into a win condition.
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 |
Fealty to the Realm is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have enough faster, cheaper unconditional options that it won't see play there. Commander is where it earns its slot — five mana is acceptable in a format with Sol Ring and Arcane Signet, and a permanent no-strings steal at sorcery speed is exactly the kind of effect multiplayer games reward. Oathbreaker runs similarly — slower, more interactive games where a resolved Fealty to the Realm ends a threat permanently rather than borrowing it until your end step.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Fealty to the Realm sits firmly in bulk territory — you'll find it in a dollar box or throw it in a cart as a filler pickup. Bulk rares that fill a genuine role (permanent steal, no conditions) tend to hold their floor, so there's no reason to expect this to drop further.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.