Crown of Gondor: Legendary Artifact - Equipment, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control. On Mana Grove.
Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
75
Artist
Jarel Threat
Commander rank
5,580 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Crown of Gondor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless legendary artifact from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 75 in that set, with art by Jarel Threat. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. 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 $0.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control.
When a legendary creature you control enters, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch.
Equip {4}. This ability costs {3} less to activate if you're the monarch.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.47 (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 Crown of Gondor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
Printing
Rarity
Year
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #485
Rare
2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #155
Rare
2023
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Crown of Gondor, 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."
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.
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.
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.
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