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Romana II

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Scientist

Vigilance
{1}, {T}: Create a tapped token that's a copy of target token that entered this turn.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Doctor Who
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#14889
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Romana II card art
Romana II turns every instant and sorcery into a cantrip with upside, which is a massive on-board advantage in any spell-heavy shell — the cost is that she asks you to build around her rather than slot into anything. She pairs most naturally with The Sixth Doctor, and together they create a self-sustaining engine that's genuinely difficult to ignore.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Romana II does her best work — 100-card decks have room for the instants, sorceries, and historic payoffs she wants, and the singleton format rewards the card-advantage engine she generates over a long game. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but offer no realistic home; the formats are too fast and too focused for a three-mana value creature with no immediate board impact. Oathbreaker is a reasonable fit if you're building a spellslinger shell, where her triggered ability can snowball quickly in a shorter, more explosive game.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Romana IIIntruder Alarm

Romana IIIntruder Alarm

Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Romana II isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. As a Doctor Who crossover card with a built-in combo identity, demand tends to be driven by casual Commander players rather than competitive spikes, which usually keeps secondary market prices relatively stable.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.