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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.
“Goad-focused control that buffs opponents' creatures and profits from the chaos.”
The Rani is a political control deck that uses goad to weaponize your opponents' creatures against each other. Every time The Rani enters or attacks, you're slapping a buff onto someone else's creature and forcing them to attack—turning their threats into your tools while generating clues for card advantage. The deck wants to sit back, manipulate combat, and let the table damage itself while you investigate your way to resources.
Your win condition is typically commander damage or combat damage once you've tilted the board in your favor. You're not racing to attack—you're making sure everyone else does, and you profit from the chaos. Cards that reward you for goading, like Disrupt Decorum or Marisi, Breaker of the Cycle, amplify The Rani's effect. You can also lean into sacrifice outlets and clue payoffs to turn all those investigation tokens into card draw, mana, or creature removal.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Swap expensive rocks like Mox Amber for Chromatic Lantern or Coldsteel Heart; replace pricey tutors with generalist draw like Mystic Reflection or Night's Whisper.
Inclusion = % of The Rani decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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