The Commander
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.
Guide
Gameplan
Flood the board with Humans, then drop Éomer as a giant double-striking finisher that enters huge and immediately fires off a damage bolt equal to its power (which doubles up with double strike on the next attack). Become or steal the monarch to bury opponents in card advantage while your wide Human army applies pressure, then close with massive commander damage or repeated ETB burn via flicker.
Strengths
- Enters as a potentially enormous threat with built-in removal/face damage on arrival
- Double strike means commander damage and combat damage scale brutally with pumps
- Monarch generates relentless card advantage to fuel a go-wide Human board
- Boros aggro/tokens has deep, cheap, efficient support cards
Weaknesses
- Relies on a developed Human board to be big; weak if cast into an empty battlefield
- Vulnerable to spot removal in response to the ETB before damage resolves (it's a triggered ability, but losing Éomer hurts tempo)
- Color identity lacks ramp and card draw outside of monarch
- Board wipes punish the go-wide plan hard
Key Cards
- Thalia's Lieutenant — Pumps your whole Human team and itself, swelling Éomer's enter-with-counters trigger.
- Skullclamp — Turns expendable Human tokens into a card-advantage engine to refill after wipes.
- Cathars' Crusade — Every Human ETB stacks counters across the board, making Éomer and your team lethal fast.
- Sword of Fire and Ice — Protects Éomer, adds burn and card draw, and doubles output thanks to double strike.
- Conjurer's Closet — Reuses Éomer's ETB to reset its size and repeatedly fire the damage trigger.
Upgrade Path
Add efficient anthems and counter doublers (Anointed Procession, Doubling Season effects for tokens) plus equipment like Embercleave and Lightning Greaves for protection and reach. Tighten the curve with cheap impactful Humans and add flicker (Restoration Angel, Flickerwisp) to rerun Éomer's damage trigger. Improve mana with on-color staples (Smothering Tithe, Boros signets) and protect your board from wraths with Heroic Intervention or Flawless Maneuver.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Connecting with a buffed, double-striking Éomer for 21 commander damage
- ▸Overwhelming the table with a pumped Human army under anthems like Cathars' Crusade
- ▸Repeated ETB burn by flickering Éomer to snipe creatures and players
- ▸Out-carding the table via monarch and grinding them down with aggro
Archetypes
- Humans Tribal Aggro — Éomer scales directly with the number of Humans you control, rewarding a dense tribal board.
- Tokens / Go-Wide — Cheap Human tokens both grow Éomer and provide an attacking army backed by anthems.
- Voltron — Double strike plus equipment turns Éomer into a one-or-two-hit commander-damage kill.
- Monarch Control — His ETB hands out the monarch, letting you weaponize the throne for card advantage and political control.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RW), by popularity.
