Faramir, Steward of Gondor

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Faramir, Steward of Gondor: Legendary Creature - Human Noble, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
Colour identity
White and blue (WU)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
54
Artist
Anna Podedworna
Commander rank
5,371 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Faramir, Steward of Gondor

Faramir, Steward of Gondor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and blue legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 54 in that set, with art by Anna Podedworna. It costs {1}{W}{U} (one generic, one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.43 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Whenever a legendary creature you control with mana value 4 or greater enters, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, create two 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens.

"The last Steward of Gondor begs leave to surrender his office."

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 Faramir, Steward of Gondor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Faramir, Steward of Gondor

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #458Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #137Rare2023

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Faramir, Steward 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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