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Aragorn, King of Gondor
Legendary Creature — Human Noble · {1}{U}{R}{W} · Red/Blue/White commander
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.
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What Aragorn, King of Gondor actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · etbWhen Aragorn enters, you become the monarch.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Aragorn attacks, up to one target creature can't block this turn. If you're the monarch, creatures can't block this turn.
- Keyword · lifelinklifelink
- Keyword · vigilancevigilance
What an Aragorn, King of Gondor deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 11× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 15× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 13× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Aragorn, King of Gondor
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Displacer Kitten4 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Soulherder3 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Brago, King Eternal4 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Chasm Skulker3 mana
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Pashalik Mons3 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Mystic Sanctuary0 mana
- Temple of Epiphany0 mana
- Temple of Triumph0 mana
- Azorius Chancery0 mana
- Boros Garrison0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Elegant Parlor0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Displacement Wave2 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- Counterspell2 mana
- Three Steps Ahead1 mana
- Long River's Pull2 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Abjure1 mana
- Archmage's Charm3 mana
- Cancel3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Open the Armory2 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Enlightened Tutor1 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Cryptothrall4 mana
- Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus4 mana