Minas Tirith
Legendary Land
Minas Tirith enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add 
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, : Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $8.70
- EDHREC rank
- #417
Minas Tirith draws you a card every time your creatures attack — an engine that runs on combat, not mana — with the only real cost being that an opponent must control more creatures than you when the trigger resolves. In Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge decks specifically, it doubles as a legendary land that Shanid cares about, making it both gas and synergy piece in the same card slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Minas Tirith is a legendary land that triggers Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge's lifelink anthem, so it pulls double duty: it fuels the commander's reward clause while independently drawing cards off combat, which is exactly what a go-wide legendary-matters deck wants.
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Yoshimaru's counter engine rewards legendary permanents entering the battlefield, and Minas Tirith checks that box the moment it hits play, then keeps generating card advantage in the combat-heavy shell that Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful naturally builds toward.
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness cares about creatures dying and life being lost, but his decks attack frequently enough that Minas Tirith turns each combat step into a draw trigger, keeping up card parity against opponents who grind back.
Samwise Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee triggers off historic permanents entering the battlefield, and Minas Tirith — a legendary land — feeds that loop while also drawing cards on attacks, making it a clean fit in the Food-and-recursion shell Samwise wants.
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden decks attack wide and often, so Minas Tirith reliably fires its draw trigger turn after turn; the conditional on opponents controlling more creatures is rarely a barrier in multiplayer games where boards get crowded fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Minas Tirith is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it earns a slot. In competitive Legacy and Vintage, lands that enter tapped and require combat to generate value don't pass the bar — those formats are done before the draw trigger ever matters. Modern is theoretically legal but the same logic applies: slower land, conditional draw, irrelevant in an environment where games end on turns three and four. Commander is where the card actually does its job — multiplayer games run long, boards get crowded, and the opponent-has-more-creatures condition resolves itself at a table of four almost every turn.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Reconnaissance Mission fills a similar role at under $1, drawing a card whenever a creature you control deals combat damage rather than on the attack trigger itself, which is strictly narrower but costs almost nothing. Coastal Piracy is the cleanest analogue in blue — same trigger condition, no legendary upside, and it sits around $1 — and if you're not in a deck that cares about legendary permanents, either of those replaces Minas Tirith's draw function without meaningful loss.
Price Context
Current price
$8.70 mid tier
At $8.70, Minas Tirith sits in the mid tier — expensive for a land in a single Commander archetype, but not unreasonable given its legendary status doubles as a synergy piece in Shanid and Yoshimaru builds. It's a card with a real, limited audience, so the price is unlikely to move much in either direction unless a high-profile commander that cares about legendary lands emerges.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
- Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
- Samwise Gamgee
- Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.