Denethor, Ruling Steward

Legendary Creature — Human Noble

At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

{2}, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Tokens

• Human Soldier 1/1 W

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

DemonDragonJ on Reap what is Sown

4 months ago

I have replaced Gift of the Deity and Shield of the Oversoul with Feast of the Victorious Dead and Denethor, Ruling Steward, which decreased this deck's average converted mana cost from 3.92 to 3.87, since the newer cards are a better match for this deck's theme.

DemonDragonJ on Which Sacrifice Outlet(s) Should I …

4 months ago

Unless anyone has another suggestion, I shall choose Denethor, Ruling Steward, since he provides additional tokens, which I can then sacrifice, as well.

DemonDragonJ on Which Sacrifice Outlet(s) Should I …

5 months ago

I have copies of Gift of the Deity and Shield of the Oversoul in my Teneb, the Harvester EDH deck, and they are excellent cards, but I am planning to replace them with cards that have stronger synergy with the theme of the deck (i.e., reanimating creatures for either combat or sacrificing), and one of those cards definitely shall be Feast of the Victorious Dead, but I am not certain what the other card should be.

I am contemplating several permanents that are sacrifice outlets, such as Martyr's Cause, Commissar Severina Raine, Denethor, Ruling Steward, and Bartolome del Presidio, although I currently am most favoring Denethor, since he provides both a sacrifice outlet and a benefit for creatures dying, which ideally should happen very frequently when I play this deck; or should I choose something completely different, such as Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz, for his unusual effect?

What does everyone else say about this subject? Which card should I put in my Teneb deck?

DemonDragonJ on Fires of Purgatory

10 months ago

I have replaced Scourge of the Nobilis with Denethor, Ruling Steward, as he is a better card for this deck.

DemonDragonJ on Which Card Should Denethor Replace?

10 months ago

I am planning to put a copy of Denethor, Ruling Steward into my Tariel, Reckoner of Souls EDH deck, but I am not certain which card to remove to make room for him.

I believe that Denethor should replace either Scourge of the Nobilis or Searing Meditation, since neither of those cards contributes very strongly to the deck's theme, and the scourge, in particular, is very vulnerable to removal, as it is an aura, so I think that it may be the best card to remove.

What does everyone else say about this? Which card should Denethor replace?