Éowyn, Fearless Knight
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Haste
When Éowyn enters, exile target creature an opponent controls with greater power. Legendary creatures you control gain protection from each of that creature's colors until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $2.51
- EDHREC rank
- #3039
Éowyn, Fearless Knight puts a 4/4 with first strike and vigilance on the board for four mana — a stat line that demands an answer the turn it lands. The legend subtype and legendary-matters upside make her an auto-include in Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge lists, where she draws a card on entry and keeps drawing pressure going.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge rewards every legendary spell with a free card draw, and Éowyn, Fearless Knight is a legendary creature that already over-delivers on rate — drawing a card while dropping a first-strike vigilance body is exactly the kind of two-for-one the engine demands.

Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden cares about amassing a Rohan army and attacking, and Éowyn, Fearless Knight slots in as an efficient, resilient attacker who keeps the battlefield presence high without requiring setup.

Arthur, Marigold Knight
Arthur, Marigold Knight generates a token whenever a Knight attacks, so Éowyn, Fearless Knight's first-strike vigilance body attacks profitably every turn while feeding the token engine reliably.

General Ferrous Rokiric
General Ferrous Rokiric creates Golem tokens for every multicolored spell cast, and Éowyn, Fearless Knight's Mardu color identity checks that box — she contributes a token on cast and then stays on board as a threatening attacker.

Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor rewards attacking with multiple creatures by drawing cards and gaining the monarch, and Éowyn, Fearless Knight's vigilance means she attacks into that trigger every turn without leaving the defense open.
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 |
Commander is where Éowyn, Fearless Knight does her best work — the legend type plugs directly into legendary-matters strategies, and a 4/4 first strike vigilance body for four mana is above the curve for a support piece that also synergizes with Knights and humans. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but irrelevant; those formats have no interest in a four-mana creature that doesn't immediately win the game or generate card advantage on its own. Modern is the one constructed format worth thinking about briefly: Knight tribal has the shell for her, but the four-mana slot is crowded and she doesn't generate enough immediate value to displace incumbents. Oathbreaker gives her another home in any legendary-matters or aggro build that can run her colors.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.51 cheap tier
At $2.51, Éowyn, Fearless Knight sits in the budget-staple tier — low enough to include without deliberation in any deck that wants her. The price reflects solid demand from multiple Commander archetypes without the spike risk of a combo piece, so it should stay stable.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
- Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
- Arthur, Marigold Knight
- General Ferrous Rokiric
- Aragorn, King of Gondor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.