Monarch or Bust by Zarestal

Format: Commander

Commander: Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai Human Tribal combat deck commanded by Éowyn, Shieldmaiden. The primary strategy focuses on curving out with low-mana Human creatures, deploying Éowyn on turn 4 or 5, and creating two 2/2 red Human Knight creature tokens with trample and haste during each of your combat steps. Card flow is maintained through Éowyn's six-Human threshold, the Monarch mechanic, and draw engines like Tocasia's Welcome. The deck converts wide boards into decisive victories through scaling power multipliers such as Shared Animosity, Goldnight Commander, and Beregond of the Guard, or by clearing blockers with Taunt from the Rampart and Aragorn, King of Gondor. Supporting tribal pieces like Boromir, Warden of the Tower and Coppercoat Vanguard safeguard the board against removal. An incidental infinite creature combo featuring Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Zealous Conscripts provides a compact backup win condition.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aragorn, King of Gondor
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Banishing Light
• 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Belladonna Took
• 1 Beregond of the Guard
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
• 1 Call the Coppercoats
• 1 Chronicle of Victory
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Coastal Piracy
• 1 Combat Celebrant
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Coppercoat Vanguard
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crown of Gondor
• 1 Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faramir, Steward of Gondor
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Fiend Hunter
• 1 Forth Eorlingas!
• 1 Frontier Warmonger
• 1 Frontline Medic
• 1 Furycalm Snarl
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Goldnight Commander
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Hindering Light
• 1 Idol of Oblivion
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 5 Island
• 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1 Lossarnach Captain
• 1 Mentor of the Meek
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mirror Entity
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Palace Jailer
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 8 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
• 1 Raugrin Triome
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Sanctuary Lockdown
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Selfless Squire
• 1 Shared Animosity
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sunset Revelry
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Taunt from the Rampart
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Théoden, King of Rohan
• 1 Tocasia's Welcome
• 1 Tranquil Cove
• 1 Troop of Ponies
• 1 Unbreakable Formation
• 1 Vanquisher's Banner
• 1 Verge Rangers
• 1 Village Bell-Ringer
• 1 Visions of Glory
• 1 Weathered Wayfarer
• 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
• 1 Zealous Conscripts
• 1 Éomer, King of Rohan
• 1 Éowyn, Shieldmaiden