Faramir, Steward of Gondor
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-06-16
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.
- 2023-06-16
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.
- 2023-06-16
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."
- 2023-06-16
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.
- 2023-06-16
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Faramir, Steward of Gondor, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aragorn, the Uniter | 2 | 0 | — |
| Éowyn, Shieldmaiden | 2 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Jeskai 2 decks
- Four-Color (no Black) 2 decks
Every version of Faramir, Steward of Gondor
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Showcase
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $2.30
- Foil
- $4.80

Extended Art
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $2.13

Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $0.32
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Faramir, Steward of Gondor — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.