Éomer, King of Rohan
Legendary Creature — Human Noble
Double strike
Éomer enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Human you control.
When Éomer enters, target player becomes the monarch. Éomer deals damage equal to its power to any target.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $1.61
- EDHREC rank
- #4715
Éomer, King of Rohan lands as a 4/4 with first strike and vigilance that pumps your entire attacking force whenever a legendary creature or another Human attacks — that's a wide-open trigger that fires constantly in the right shell. The four-mana cost is fair for what he does, and pairing him with Éowyn, Shieldmaiden turns both halves of that legendary duo into a self-reinforcing combat engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden runs Éomer, King of Rohan in over 75% of builds because every legendary creature or Human attacking off her triggers feeds back into his anthem, stacking power boosts across a wide board in a single combat step.
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor's go-wide Human and legendary-creature theme means Éomer, King of Rohan's attack trigger fires on essentially every attacker, converting Aragorn's token generation into a legitimate damage spike.
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Winota, Joiner of Forces cheats Humans directly into play attacking, and every one of those Humans triggers Éomer, King of Rohan — a single Winota activation can stack multiple +1/+1 boosts before damage is even calculated.
Aragorn, the Uniter
Aragorn, the Uniter's four-color legendary-matters shell is flush with legendary creatures attacking each turn, and Éomer, King of Rohan converts that density into a consistent pump effect that scales with how many legends hit the field.
Jared Carthalion, True Heir
Jared Carthalion, True Heir wants powerful five-drops that pull weight in a Mardu shell, and Éomer, King of Rohan's anthem effect rewards the legendaries and Humans Jared already wants to be swinging with.
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 where Éomer, King of Rohan belongs — legendary creatures are everywhere, the Human creature type is one of the most supported in the game, and a repeating attack-trigger anthem scales hard in multiplayer combat. Legacy and Vintage allow him, but he's too slow and too fair for those formats to care. Outside of Commander, the most meaningful home is Oathbreaker, where the legendary-creature density in most pods still keeps his trigger live.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.61 cheap tier
At $1.61, Éomer, King of Rohan is firmly budget territory — easy to pick up for any deck that wants him without a second thought. That price is likely to hold; he's popular enough to stay in print demand but not so scarce that a spike is coming.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.