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Return of the King
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Est deck cost: $260.09
Salt sum: 35.17
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Commander

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Aragorn, King of Gondor

Vigilance, lifelink When Aragorn enters, you become the monarch. Whenever Aragorn attacks, up to one target creature can't block this turn. If you're the monarch, creatures can't block this turn.

Creature
Aragorn, King of Gondor (ltc) 5

Commander

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Land

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Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Battlefield Forge (m3c) 321
Clifftop Retreat

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Clifftop Retreat (pip) 258
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (onc) 151
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (vow) 263
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (onc) 152
Frostboil Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Frostboil Snarl (who) 282
Furycalm Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Mountain or Plains card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Furycalm Snarl (m3c) 345
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (drc) 159
Hanweir Battlements

{T}: Add {C}. {R}, {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. {3}{R}{R}, {T}: If you both own and control this land and a creature named Hanweir Garrison, exile them, then meld them into Hanweir, the Writhing Township.

Land
Hanweir Battlements (emn) 204
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (clb) 457
Minas Tirith

Minas Tirith enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.

Land
Minas Tirith (ltr) 256
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (jmp) 64
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (afc) 254
Perilous Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Mountain, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {U}{R}{W} ({U}{R}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Perilous Landscape (mh3) 223
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (pca) 133
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (nec) 175
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (c21) 311
Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (drc) 173
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (c18) 286
Throne of the High City

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.

Land
Throne of the High City (mkc) 307

Land

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Tokens

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Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Vigilance Adeline's power is equal to the number of creatures you control. Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.

Creature
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar (pmid) 1p
Call the Coppercoats

Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target opponents. Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures those opponents control.

Instant
Call the Coppercoats (onc) 60
Court of Embereth

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 3/1 red Knight creature token. Then if you're the monarch, this enchantment deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Court of Embereth (woc) 24
Forth Eorlingas!

Create X 2/2 red Human Knight creature tokens with trample and haste. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to one or more players this turn, you become the monarch.

Sorcery
Forth Eorlingas! (ltc) 56
Hanweir Garrison

Whenever this creature attacks, create two 1/1 red Human creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. (Melds with Hanweir Battlements.)

Creature
Hanweir Garrison (inr) 157a
Horn of Gondor

When Horn of Gondor enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token. {3}, {T}: Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of Humans you control.

Artifact
Horn of Gondor (ltr) 240
Riders of Rohan

When this creature enters, create two 2/2 red Human Knight creature tokens with trample and haste. Dash {4}{R}{W} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Riders of Rohan (ltc) 67
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

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.

Creature
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden (ltc) 1

Tokens

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Additional Combat

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Aurelia, the Warleader

Flying, vigilance, haste Whenever Aurelia attacks for the first time each turn, untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Aurelia, the Warleader (mul) 35
Great Train Heist

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2}{R} — Untap all creatures you control. If it's your combat phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase. + {2} — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. + {R} — Choose target opponent. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to that player this turn, create a tapped Treasure token.

Instant
Great Train Heist (otj) 125

Additional Combat

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Monarch - Protect

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Brave the Sands

Creatures you control have vigilance. Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.

Enchantment
Brave the Sands (cm2) 19
Champions of Minas Tirith

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.

Creature
Champions of Minas Tirith (ltc) 10
Emberwilde Captain

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent attacks you while you're the monarch, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
Taunt from the Rampart

Goad all creatures your opponents control. Until your next turn, those creatures can't block. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Taunt from the Rampart (ltc) 71

Monarch - Protect

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Boardwipe

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Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (pip) 156
Raise the Palisade

Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Raise the Palisade (ltc) 23

Boardwipe

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Protection

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Boromir, Warden of the Tower

Vigilance Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell. Sacrifice Boromir: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Creature
Boromir, Warden of the Tower (ltr) 4
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes

Equipped creature has lifelink. As long as you have 30 or more life, equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has indestructible and "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature." Equip {W}{W}

Artifact
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes (acr) 2
Dawn's Truce

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Dawn's Truce (blb) 9
Galadriel's Dismissal

Kicker {2}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W} as you cast this spell.) Target creature phases out. If this spell was kicked, each creature target player controls phases out instead. (Treat phased-out creatures and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Instant
Galadriel's Dismissal (ltc) 500
Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector

{2}, {T}: Exile another target creature you control. You may return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you don't, at the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a vigilance counter and a lifelink counter on it.

Creature
Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector (ltc) 13
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (cmm) 398
Mithril Coat

Flash Indestructible When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control. Equipped creature has indestructible. Equip {3}

Artifact
Mithril Coat (ltr) 245
Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Mother of Runes (ulg) 14
Nahiri's Resolve

Creatures you control get +1/+0 and have haste. At the beginning of your end step, exile any number of nontoken artifacts and/or creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep.

Enchantment
Nahiri's Resolve (mat) 87
Selfless Squire

Flash When this creature enters, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Whenever damage that would be dealt to you is prevented, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

Creature
Selfless Squire (ltc) 176
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258

Protection

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Buff - Multiple

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Beregond of the Guard

Whenever Beregond or another Human you control enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

Creature
Beregond of the Guard (ltc) 9
Blade Historian

Attacking creatures you control have double strike.

Creature
Blade Historian (stx) 165
Flowering of the White Tree

Legendary creatures you control get +2/+1 and have ward {1}. Nonlegendary creatures you control get +1/+1.

Enchantment
Flowering of the White Tree (ltr) 15
Goldnight Commander

Whenever another creature you control enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Goldnight Commander (j22) 192
Intrepid Adversary

Lifelink When this creature enters, you may pay {1}{W} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many valor counters on this creature. Creatures you control get +1/+1 for each valor counter on this creature.

Creature
Intrepid Adversary (pmid) 25p
Odric, Lunarch Marshal

At the beginning of each combat, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn if a creature you control has first strike. The same is true for flying, deathtouch, double strike, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, skulk, trample, and vigilance.

Creature
Odric, Lunarch Marshal (dmc) 103
Théoden, King of Rohan

Whenever Théoden or another Human you control enters, target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Creature
Théoden, King of Rohan (ltr) 233
Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider

Vigilance, trample Whenever Tori D'Avenant attacks, all other attacking creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Other red attacking creatures you control gain trample until end of turn. Untap each other white attacking creature you control.

Creature
Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider (dmu) 322

Buff - Multiple

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (ltc) 273
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (dsc) 240
Boros Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {R}{W}.

Artifact
Boros Signet (clu) 220
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Izzet Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Artifact
Izzet Signet (tdc) 320
Keeper of the Accord

At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more creatures than you, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a basic Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Keeper of the Accord (moc) 191
Patchwork Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Patchwork Banner (blb) 247
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (ltc) 284
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (ltc) 285
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (mh1) 231
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (ltc) 286

Ramp

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Draw

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Enduring Curiosity

Flash Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. When Enduring Curiosity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)

Creature Enchantment
Enduring Curiosity (dsk) 51
Exemplar of Light

Flying Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Exemplar of Light (fdn) 11
Faramir, Prince of Ithilien

At the beginning of your end step, choose an opponent. At the beginning of that player's next end step, you draw a card if they didn't attack you that turn. Otherwise, create three 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens.

Creature
Faramir, Prince of Ithilien (ltr) 202
Mass Appeal

Draw a card for each Human you control.

Sorcery
Mass Appeal (avr) 66
The Council of Four

Whenever a player draws their second card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever a player casts their second spell during their turn, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.

Creature
The Council of Four (clb) 271
The Second Doctor

Players have no maximum hand size. How Civil of You — At the beginning of your end step, each player may draw a card. Each opponent who does can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.

Creature
The Second Doctor (who) 156
War of the Last Alliance

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. III — Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Enchantment
War of the Last Alliance (ltr) 36

Draw

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Removal

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Cathar Commando

Flash {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Cathar Commando (inr) 15
Devout Chaplain

{T}, Tap two untapped Humans you control: Exile target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Devout Chaplain (c20) 87
Fealty to the Realm

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, you become the monarch. The monarch controls enchanted creature. Enchanted creature attacks each combat if able and can't attack you.

Enchantment
Fealty to the Realm (ltc) 21
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (blc) 147
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (tdc) 132
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (ltc) 178
Wear

Instant
Wear // Tear (dgm) 135
Westfold Rider

Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Westfold Rider (ltr) 37
Éomer, King of Rohan

Double strike Éomer enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other Human you control. When Éomer enters, target player becomes the monarch. Éomer deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Éomer, King of Rohan (ltc) 52

Removal

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Deck Info

Deck stats

49 pips - 41 cards
26 mana - 26 cards
10 pips - 9 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
22 pips - 16 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
10 mana - 9 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"An Aragorn deck that's about gaining, keeping & regaining the monarchy, then building a big (lots of tokens) and strong (buffing) an army with which you attack your opponents while they just watch. Don't forget to protect that commander of yours.\n"}]}
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