Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
First strike
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if another Human entered the battlefield under your control this turn, create two 2/2 red Human Knight creature tokens with trample and haste. Then if you control six or more Humans, draw a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #4403
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden enters swinging — a 4/4 with first strike that pumps your whole team and can turn a single attacker into a one-shot threat through her Legendary Courage ability. The ceiling gets absurd when you pair her with Breath of Fury, which lets a single unblocked creature chain into unlimited attack steps, and Aragorn, King of Gondor keeps the Ring tempting you to set up exactly that loop.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor appears in over 59% of lists running Éowyn, Shieldmaiden, and for good reason — Aragorn's Ring-tempting triggers and combat-centric gameplan line up directly with Éowyn's ability to grow a single attacker into a lethal threat, making the two a natural two-card engine.
Aragorn, the Uniter
Aragorn, the Uniter's four-color goodstuff shell casts Éowyn, Shieldmaiden as a curve-filling beatstick that also doubles as a late-game finisher, and his triggered abilities off casting white and red spells give you extra value every time you suit up her team.
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 |
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden is a Commander card through and through — her Legendary Courage ability rewards wide boards and rewards you for stacking legendary creatures, which is exactly the texture Commander games create. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but has no competitive presence; five mana for a creature that does nothing the turn it enters is too slow for those formats. Oathbreaker could theoretically support her, but the 20-life starting total undercuts how much work her pump actually needs to do. Stay in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Breath of FuryÉowyn, Shieldmaiden
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite combat damage; Near-infinite combat phases; Near-infinite creature tokens with haste; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Near-infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Éowyn, Shieldmaiden is firmly bulk — high print run from a Lord of the Rings set keeps supply deep and the price floor low. There's no near-term pressure to expect a spike, so pick up copies freely without treating it as a financial decision.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.