Boromir, Warden of the Tower
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
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.
3 / 3
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #302)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Artist
- Anato Finnstark
- EDHREC rank
- #851
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 16
All 16 combos.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Horn of Gondor
- Vanquish the Horde
- Faramir, Field Commander
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Minas Tirith
- Flowering of the White Tree
- Cathar Commando
- Containment Priest
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Aven Mindcensor
- Myrel, Shield of Argive
- Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- Drannith Magistrate
- Coppercoat Vanguard
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Reprieve
- Weathered Wayfarer
- Dawn of a New Age
- Odric, Master Tactician
- Archivist of Oghma
- Archon of Emeria
- Blind Obedience
- Martial Coup
- Champions of Minas Tirith
- Deafening Silence
- Sun Titan
- Wrath of God
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Eidolon of Rhetoric
- Samwise the Stouthearted
- Paladin Class
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- Stone of Erech
- Tocasia's Welcome
- Lossarnach Captain
- Templar Knight
- Thrumming Stone
- Akroma's Memorial
- The One Ring
- Castle Ardenvale
- Esper Sentinel
- Deep Gnome Terramancer
- Frontline Medic
- Calamity's Wake
- Keeper of the Accord
- Now for Wrath, Now for Ruin!
- Knowledge Pool
- Aven Interrupter
- Spirit of the Labyrinth
- Beregond of the Guard
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Plains
- Sol Ring
- Swords to Plowshares
- Pearl Medallion
- Path to Exile
- Minas Tirith
- Esper Sentinel
- Arcane Signet
- Vanquish the Horde
- Reprieve
- Land Tax
- Emeria, the Sky Ruin
- Horn of Gondor
- War Room
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Generous Gift
- Sun Titan
- Flowering of the White Tree
- Knight of the White Orchid
- Austere Command
- Mangara, the Diplomat
- Loran of the Third Path
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Cathar Commando
- Myriad Landscape
- Castle Ardenvale
- Weathered Wayfarer
- Smothering Tithe
- Archivist of Oghma
- Wrath of God
- Tocasia's Welcome
- Oketra's Monument
- Grand Abolisher
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion
- Faramir, Field Commander
- Stroke of Midnight
- Aven Mindcensor
- Sevinne's Reclamation
- Skullclamp
- Keeper of the Accord
- Drannith Magistrate
- Blind Obedience
- Containment Priest
- Myrel, Shield of Argive
- Ghostly Prison
- Authority of the Consuls
- Mother of Runes
- Mentor of the Meek
- Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-06-16
As the Ring tempts you, you get an emblem named The Ring if you don't have one. Then your emblem gains its next ability and you choose a creature you control to become (or remain) your Ring-bearer.
- 2023-06-16
Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
- 2023-06-16
Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
- 2023-06-16
If a spell is cast with an alternative cost that includes mana (such as flashback), Boromir's second ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell. Similarly, if a spell is cast without paying its mana cost, but the player did pay mana for additional costs such as from kicker or from Thorn of Amethyst, Boromir's second ability won't trigger and won't counter that spell.
- 2023-06-16
If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
- 2023-06-16
Players may cast spells that they know Boromir, Warden of the Tower will counter. Any abilities that trigger when spells are cast will still trigger and resolve if appropriate, and any effects that count how many spells are cast will still count those spells if appropriate.
- 2023-06-16
Some spells and abilities that cause the Ring to tempt you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Ring won't tempt you.
- 2023-06-16
The Ring can tempt you even if you don't control a creature. In this case, abilities that trigger "whenever the Ring tempts you" will still trigger.
- 2023-06-16
The Ring gains its abilities in order from top to bottom. Once it gains an ability, it has that ability for the rest of the game.