The Rani
Legendary Creature — Time Lord Scientist
Whenever The Rani enters or attacks, create a red Aura enchantment token named Mark of the Rani attached to another target creature. That token has enchant creature and "Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded."
Whenever a goaded creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, investigate.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #12624
The Rani turns every creature death into a free Clue, stacking card advantage at a pace that buries opponents who can't keep a board clear. Four mana for a 3/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect is the cost — you need a sacrifice or attrition engine already humming for her to pull weight, but in those shells she's a draw engine disguised as a creature.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Davros, Dalek Creator
Davros, Dalek Creator runs a death-and-sacrifice gameplan by design, which means The Rani clocks free Clues on virtually every turn of the game — the two together create a card-advantage loop that turns even your opponents' removal spells into cantrips for you.
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 The Rani does her best work — four-player tables generate constant creature deaths from combat, removal, and sacrifice effects, so her trigger fires multiple times per round without any dedicated setup. She's legal in Legacy and Vintage as well, but neither format gives her the sustained board churn she needs to justify four mana in a non-rotating environment full of faster threats. Oathbreaker is the sleeper fit: as a signature spell or support piece in a sacrifice-heavy shell, the Clue density can snowball quickly in a smaller, faster game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, The Rani is firmly bulk — there's no financial barrier to picking up copies, and she's cheap enough to slot into any Doctor Who-adjacent or sacrifice shell without a second thought. Bulk rares with genuine Commander utility tend to hold a floor around this range rather than crater further, so there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.