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Rowan Kenrith

Legendary Planeswalker — Rowan4 generic manaRed manaRed mana

The aggression engine of a planeswalker built to share a command zone. The +2 is the giveaway: it does not pump or protect, it compels another player's board to throw itself into combat on its next turn, which reads as table politics first and a tempo weapon second. The −2 then collects on whatever those forced attacks left tapped, dealing 3 to every tapped creature the targeted player controls, so the two abilities chain into a coercion-then-punish loop that other red walkers do not get to run. Where most red planeswalkers ask you to point removal at one threat, Rowan resolves a board state: force the swing, then sweep whatever comes back tapped. Note that the −2 targets a player, not an opponent, so in a pinch it can also be aimed at your own tapped attackers if the math demands it. The ultimate steps outside red's usual lane entirely, handing a player an emblem that copies every non-mana activated ability, a multiplicative payoff that fits a deck of activated-ability engines rather than a deck of burn. The partner clause with Will Kenrith is the structural point: the two are designed to occupy a single command zone, splitting Izzet between Rowan's combat coercion and Will's spell manipulation, so the card's real identity is half of a two-headed commander rather than a standalone six-mana red walker. Read alone she is a slow group-game disruptor; read as Will's other half she is the red side of a sibling pair the game built to be cast together.

Rowan Kenrith (pbbd)
PBBD · #256smythic
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Oracle Text

Rules text

+2: During target player's next turn, each creature that player controls attacks if able. −2: Rowan Kenrith deals 3 damage to each tapped creature target player controls. −8: Target player gets an emblem with "Whenever you activate an ability that isn't a mana ability, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy." Partner with Will Kenrith Rowan Kenrith can be your commander.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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