The Commander
: Create a tapped token that's a copy of target token that entered this turn.Guide
Gameplan
Romana II turns any single token into a snowballing army by copying tokens that entered the battlefield this turn—just pay 
, tap, and duplicate your best token. You spend the early game generating value tokens (Treasure, Clues, creatures), then each turn copy whichever token gives the biggest payoff, often paired with a Doctor companion to splash extra colors. Win by going wide, doubling enablers, or assembling token-fueled engines.
Strengths
- Repeatable, color-light value engine that compounds every turn
- Doctor's companion lets you bolt on a second commander for extra colors and synergy
- Mono-white access to the format's best token doublers and anthems
- Copies any token type—creatures, Treasure, Clues, Food, even opponents' tokens
Weaknesses
- Vulnerable to removal; losing Romana stalls the whole engine
- Copies are tapped, so they can't block or attack the turn made
- Mono-white alone struggles for card advantage and ramp without a Doctor partner
- Requires a token to have entered this turn—needs other enablers to do work
Key Cards
- Anointed Procession — Doubles every token Romana copies, instantly turning one duplication into two-plus bodies.
- Smothering Tithe — Generates Treasure tokens you can copy with Romana for explosive ramp.
- Academy Manufactor — Turns each token trigger into Clue, Food, and Treasure, multiplying everything Romana copies.
- Brimaz, King of Oreskos — Pumps out tokens every combat that Romana can copy into a wide board.
- Felidar Retreat — Landfall tokens give Romana steady copy targets while anthem mode pressures life totals.
- Swords to Plowshares — Cheap mono-white removal to protect your board and answer threats to Romana.
Upgrade Path
Add a strong Doctor companion (e.g., The Tenth Doctor or The Eleventh Doctor) to gain card advantage, colors, and a second engine. Layer in token doublers (Mondrak, Glorious Necrotic; Doubling Season) and free protection (Heroic Intervention analog in white like Flawless Maneuver, Teferi's Protection) so the engine survives a wrath. Tighten the mana with fast rocks—Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Smothering Tithe—and add Cathars' Crusade for a board that snowballs out of control.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Overwhelming go-wide attack backed by anthems like Intangible Virtue and Anointed Procession
- ▸Token doublers plus Romana snowballing into an unbeatable board state
- ▸Pairing with a Doctor companion for a combat or combo finish in extra colors
- ▸Treasure/ramp into a big mono-white payoff like Approach of the Second Sun
Archetypes
- Tokens / Go-Wide — Romana multiplies any token, and white's anthems and doublers turn the swarm lethal.
- Treasure Ramp — Copying Treasure tokens accelerates mana and feeds artifact and sacrifice payoffs.
- Value Engine — Duplicating Clues, Food, and utility tokens grinds incremental advantage every turn.
- Partner Synergy — Doctor's companion adds a second commander and a color to deepen the strategy.
Combos
- Romana II + The Sixth Doctor + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
→ Near-infinite ETB, Near-infinite creature tokens, Infinite copies of all tokens you control
- The Sixth Doctor + Romana II + Teferi, Who Slows the Sunset
→ Infinite lifegain triggers, Infinite lifegain, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- Romana II + Intruder Alarm
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- The Sixth Doctor + Romana II + Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
→ Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- The Sixth Doctor + Romana II + Gideon, Martial Paragon
→ Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (W), by popularity.
