Is Rory Williams good in Commander?

Rory Williams

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Partner with Amy Pond
First strike, lifelink
The Last Centurion — When you cast this spell from anywhere other than exile, exile it with three time counters on it. It gains suspend. Then investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

CMC: 2
Mana cost
Color identity: UW
Rarity: rare
Set: Doctor Who
Price: $0.26
EDHREC rank: #13865

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Rory Williams gives every artifact creature you control affinity for artifacts — the same text as Mycosynth Golem, but stapled to a two-mana 2/2 Human that fits neatly into The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler's adventure-creature engine. The cost is that Rory Williams does nothing alone; the payoff scales entirely with how many artifacts are already on the battlefield.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler

50.5% of decks · synergy 0.49

The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler triggers off adventures, and Rory Williams is a Human creature that enables a cascade of near-free artifact-creature casts once you have a board — making the pair a genuine engine rather than a flavor inclusion.

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

Rory Williams is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where the story begins and ends. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic home for it — both formats move too fast for a two-mana 2/2 whose payoff requires an established artifact board. Commander is the format where Rory Williams earns its slot, specifically in artifact-heavy or Doctor Who-themed builds where the affinity reduction compounds quickly. Oathbreaker is a theoretical fit but too niche to plan around.

Key Combos

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