Riders of Rohan by Musket2350

Format: Commander

Commander: Éowyn, Shieldmaiden

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Jeskai Human tribal strategy commanded by Éowyn, Shieldmaiden. The core game plan curves out efficient Human creatures and token generators to trigger Éowyn's ability, creating two 2/2 red Human Knight tokens with trample and haste each combat while drawing cards once six Humans are controlled. The deck scales this token swarm into lethal combat pressure through anthems such as Shared Animosity, Door of Destinies, and Beregond of the Guard. Board evasion and monarch benefits from Aragorn, King of Gondor and Taunt from the Rampart ensure that attacks bypass opposing defenses. While the deck boasts strong resilience to damage and destruction sweepers through cards like Boromir, Warden of the Tower and Unbreakable Formation, it relies on combat damage across multiple turn cycles to eliminate the table, leaving it susceptible to exile-based board wipes and dedicated stax pieces that slow down multi-spell deployment.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aragorn, King of Gondor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bard's Company
  • 1 Bard, Heir of Girion
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beregond of the Guard
  • 1 Boromir, Gondor's Hope
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crown of Gondor
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faramir, Prince of Ithilien
  • 1 Faramir, Steward of Gondor
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Flamerush Rider
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Forth Eorlingas!
  • 1 Frontier Warmonger
  • 1 Frontline Medic
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Harsh Mentor
  • 1 Heirloom Blade
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Horn of the Mark
  • 1 Increasing Devotion
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Lake-town Lookout
  • 1 Lossarnach Captain
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Oath of Eorl
  • 1 Palace Jailer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rally at the Hornburg
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Riders of Rohan
  • 1 Riders of the Mark
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Théoden, King of Rohan
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Verge Rangers
  • 1 Visions of Glory
  • 1 War of the Last Alliance
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Westfold Rider
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts
  • 1 Éomer, King of Rohan
  • 1 Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
  • 1 Éowyn, Fearless Knight
  • 1 Éowyn, Shieldmaiden