Éowyn, Lady of Rohan
Legendary Creature — Human Noble
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature gains your choice of first strike or vigilance until end of turn. If that creature is equipped, it gains first strike and vigilance until end of turn instead.
Equip abilities you activate cost 
less to activate.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #7073
Éowyn, Lady of Rohan puts a stat-relevant legendary Human on the board and immediately rewards you for swinging with the team — the payoff is front-loaded, not deferred. The ask is modest enough that Cloud, Midgar Mercenary decks and Tolkien-themed builds alike run her without blinking.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary builds lean on legendary creatures to fuel his limit break mechanic, and Éowyn, Lady of Rohan checks that box while also generating independent value through combat — she pulls double duty rather than just occupying a slot.
Frodo, Sauron's Bane
Frodo, Sauron's Bane decks want a critical mass of Tolkien-flavored legends, and Éowyn, Lady of Rohan is one of the stronger ones on rate — her combat trigger lines up cleanly with a strategy already trying to go wide and push through damage.
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, Lady of Rohan does her real work — legendary-matters synergies are everywhere in the format, and a three-mana creature that rewards attacking fits naturally into Humans, legendary-tribal, and Middle-earth-flavored lists alike. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but has no competitive footprint; those formats don't have room for fair three-drops without busted enters-the-battlefield effects or interaction stapled on. Modern is a similar story — she's legal but outclassed by format staples at the same cost. Éowyn is a Commander card through and through, and that's exactly where you should slot her.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Éowyn, Lady of Rohan sits firmly in bulk territory — she's a pickup-alongside-other-singles card, not a destination purchase. Bulk rares with genuine Commander demand tend to stay flat or tick up slowly; nothing here suggests she'll spike, but she's unlikely to get cheaper either.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.