Art: Daniel Lieske · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · from $1.50

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.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

51 of 100 at $5 or less · 31 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
10	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
11	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
12	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
15	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
16	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
17	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
18	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
19	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
20	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
21	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
22	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
23	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
24	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
25	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
26	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
27	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
28	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
29	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
30	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
31	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
32	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
33	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
34	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
35	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
36	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
37	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
38	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
39	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
40	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
41	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
42	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
43	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
44	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
45	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
46	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
47	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
48	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
49	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
50	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
51	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
52	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
53	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
54	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
55	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
56	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
57	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
58	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
59	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50
60	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
61	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
62	Propaganda	Enchantment	3	$1.84
63	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
64	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
65	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
66	Mana Drain	Instant	2	$50.65
67	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
68	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
69	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
70	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
71	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
72	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
73	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
74	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
75	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
76	Underground River	Land	0	$0.51
77	Ponder	Sorcery	1	$1.82
78	Morphic Pool	Land	0	$28.50
79	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
80	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
81	Pongify	Instant	1	$2.21
82	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
83	Dimir Signet	Artifact	2	$0.27
84	Windfall	Sorcery	3	$4.78
85	Mystical Tutor	Instant	1	$14.99
86	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
87	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
88	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	Instant	3	$9.68
89	Mystic Sanctuary	Land	0	$1.01
90	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
91	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
92	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
93	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
94	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
95	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
96	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
97	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
98	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
99	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
100	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77

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Most played with Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator

The 25 most-played cards in 14 settled top-16 lists running Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator at 16+ player events since Mar 14, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Ancient Tomb	100% · 14 of 14	2
2	Arcane Signet	100% · 14 of 14	2
3	Banishing Knack	100% · 14 of 14	2
4	Chrome Mox	100% · 14 of 14	2
5	Dark Ritual	100% · 14 of 14	2
6	Demonic Consultation	100% · 14 of 14	2
7	Demonic Tutor	100% · 14 of 14	2
8	Fellwar Stone	100% · 14 of 14	2
9	Fierce Guardianship	100% · 14 of 14	2
10	Flooded Strand	100% · 14 of 14	2
11	Flusterstorm	100% · 14 of 14	2
12	Force of Will	100% · 14 of 14	2
13	Gemstone Caverns	100% · 14 of 14	2
14	Imperial Seal	100% · 14 of 14	2
15	Lotus Petal	100% · 14 of 14	2
16	Mana Vault	100% · 14 of 14	2
17	Mental Misstep	100% · 14 of 14	2
18	Misty Rainforest	100% · 14 of 14	2
19	Morphic Pool	100% · 14 of 14	2
20	Mox Amber	100% · 14 of 14	2
21	Mox Diamond	100% · 14 of 14	2
22	Mox Opal	100% · 14 of 14	2
23	Mystic Remora	100% · 14 of 14	2
24	Mystical Tutor	100% · 14 of 14	2
25	Pact of Negation	100% · 14 of 14	2

Combos with Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator

6 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Mox Amber + Retraction Helix + Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
Infinite mana among colors of legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control · Infinite storm count · Infinite blue mana
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Mox Opal + Retraction Helix + Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
Infinite colored mana · Infinite storm count
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Banishing Knack + Mox Amber + Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
Infinite blue mana · Infinite mana among colors of legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control · Infinite storm count
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Banishing Knack + Mox Opal + Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
Infinite storm count · Infinite colored mana
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Mox Jasper + Retraction Helix + Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
Infinite colored mana · Infinite storm count
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Banishing Knack + Mox Jasper + Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
Infinite colored mana · Infinite storm count
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 16 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

10th of 24 — Curio Cavern's cEDH League Oct WK1 on Topdeck.ggOct 6, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Isaac Cooper (Trinisphere)[BD.GG]
15th of 50 — Legionmania on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Tustin Lipsett
6th of 51 — MBG September 12th Mox Diamond Event on Topdeck.ggSep 12, 2026 · 2–2–2 · by Z Huber
6th of 35 — Commander Invitational Qualifier - Thunder Games on Topdeck.ggSep 12, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Atticus Chanse [LARP]
13th of 35 — Commander Invitational Qualifier - Thunder Games on Topdeck.ggSep 12, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Trevor Corpening
11th of 80 — TopDeck Invitational 2026 on Topdeck.ggAug 22, 2026 · 2–2–3 · by 🐸 Sylvie Sherman🐸
8th of 18 — Origami Cups - Clue Edition on Topdeck.ggJun 28, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Jannis Krüger
10th of 16 — Naus am Rathaus cEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggJun 20, 2026 · 0–1–2 · by Sebbeth

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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