Champions of Minas Tirith
Champions of Minas Tirith: Creature - Human Soldier, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. When this creature enters, you become the monarch. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{W}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Creature - Human Soldier
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 4/6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 10
- Artist
- Tatiana Kirgetova
- Commander rank
- 5,234 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Champions of Minas Tirith
Champions of Minas Tirith is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 10 in that set, with art by Tatiana Kirgetova. It costs {5}{W} (five generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/6 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.43 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay {X}, where X is the number of cards in their hand. If they don't, they can't attack you this combat.
"The Realm of Sauron is ended forever!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.43 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Champions of Minas Tirith by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Champions of Minas Tirith
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #412 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #94 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Champions of Minas Tirith, newest first.
- If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
- There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
- If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
- If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.
- An opponent who chooses not to pay {X} for Champions of Minas Tirith's last ability can still attack planeswalkers you control or battles you're protecting.
- The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.
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