Card
Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
Mana cost {1}{U} //
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Wizard
Whenever you cast a legendary spell, untap Rona. {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. {5}{B/P}: Transform Rona. Activate only as a sorcery. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) // Trample Whenever a source deals damage to Rona, that source's controller exiles a card from their hand at random. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield under your control. Otherwise, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 8 known combos. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · MOM · #75
- Cheapest printing
- €1.30
- EDHREC salt
- 0.29
- Color identity
- Black, Blue
- Keywords
- Transform, Trample
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
8 known combos.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
The spell you cast from exile without paying its mana cost is cast during the resolution of the triggered ability. Timing restrictions of that spell based on card type are ignored. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
The first ability of Rona, Herald of Invasion will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
Playing a legendary land won’t cause the first ability to trigger. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost. - 2023-04-14 · Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay any additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast