Rose Tyler
Legendary Creature — Human
Rose Tyler gets +1/+1 for each time counter on it.
Bad Wolf — Whenever Rose Tyler attacks, put a time counter on it for each suspended card you own and each other permanent you control with a time counter on it.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.51
- EDHREC rank
- #16295
Rose Tyler turns every Adventure spell into a two-for-one by creating a 1/1 Human token the moment you cast it, stapling body generation onto a card type that already wants to be cast repeatedly. The cost is real — three mana for a 2/2 is below rate, and the payoff only materializes if your deck is built around Adventures.
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 |
Commander is where Rose Tyler actually belongs — Adventure synergies have enough critical mass in the format to make her token generation add up over a full game, and she slots cleanly into any Boros, Selesnya, or Naya shell built around the card type. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically correct but practically irrelevant; those formats have no interest in a three-mana 2/2 whose upside requires a specific deckbuilding constraint. Oathbreaker could find a narrow home for her in a spellslinger-adjacent build, but the Adventure density in that format is thin enough that she'll often be a vanilla creature.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.51 bulk tier
At $0.51, Rose Tyler is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a niche synergy piece, and that's appropriate given how narrow her application is. The price is stable at this floor; there's no broader demand pulling it up unless a dedicated Adventure commander breaks out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.