Nyssa of Traken
Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
You have no maximum hand size.
Sonic Booster — Whenever Nyssa of Traken attacks, sacrifice any number of artifacts. When you sacrifice one or more artifacts this way, tap up to that many target creatures and draw that many cards.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #12696
Nyssa of Traken enters and immediately replaces herself — her enters-the-battlefield trigger draws a card, and if you're pairing her with Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra, that draw also feeds the clue-and-investigate engine before she's done anything else. The cost is that her loyalty ceiling is modest, so she functions more as a value piece than a long-term planeswalker presence.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra rewards every ETB trigger and investigates payoff you can stack, and Nyssa of Traken's enter-the-battlefield draw plugs directly into that loop — 43% of Vastra decks run her for exactly that reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nyssa of Traken is a Commander card — full stop. Legacy and Vintage allow her, but neither format has any interest in a low-loyalty planeswalker whose upside is incremental card advantage. Commander is where the ETB draw matters, especially in blink, flicker, and Doctor Who-adjacent shells that can reset her loyalty and retrigger the entrance effect. Outside those archetypes she's still a reasonable value piece, but she's pulling double duty in a niche that rewards repetition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Nyssa of Traken is pure bulk — the floor of the market. That price is stable precisely because she's a narrow role-player rather than a format staple, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.