Lossarnach Captain
Creature — Human Soldier
First strike
Whenever this creature or another Human you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #3762
Lossarnach Captain enters and immediately creates two Human Soldier tokens, making it a three-body play for three mana before any other text gets read. In Éowyn, Shieldmaiden decks specifically, that's three triggers waiting to happen — the Captain earns its slot on raw token density alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden triggers off humans attacking, so Lossarnach Captain's two enter-the-battlefield tokens translate directly into extra Éowyn activations the turn it comes down — 85% of Éowyn decks run it for exactly that reason.
Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
Trynn generates a Human token at end of combat whenever a Human you control attacks, and Lossarnach Captain populates the board fast enough to keep that chain going; Silvar then eats those tokens for indestructible counters, making Lossarnach Captain a two-role player in the same deck.
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor rewards going wide with Humans, and Lossarnach Captain produces three attackers in one card — that's three bodies pressuring the Ring temptation track immediately.
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart cares about Soldiers, and Lossarnach Captain creates two Human Soldiers on arrival, giving Greymond two more targets to buff and pump the whole board.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar creates a token for each opponent you attack with a Human, so Lossarnach Captain's two tokens amplify her trigger count immediately and compound her board presence in a single attack step.
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 |
Lossarnach Captain is a Commander card — full stop. The three-mana, three-body value proposition is calibrated for a 100-card singleton format where redundancy is scarce and enters-the-battlefield triggers stack up across a long game. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, token-generating three-drops compete against formats that end on turn two or three, and Lossarnach Captain offers nothing fast enough to matter. Commander is the only home where Human tribal synergies, token doublers, and aristocrats lines make the Captain's output genuinely powerful rather than merely fair.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Lossarnach Captain is bulk, which is the right price for a card with a narrow tribal home but genuine power inside it. Bulk rares stay bulk unless a new commander breaks them wide open — pick up copies freely, but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
- Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
- Aragorn, King of Gondor
- Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.