The War Doctor
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{W}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 5
- Set
- Doctor Who #1043 (rare)
Whenever one or more other permanents phase out and whenever one or more other cards are put into exile from anywhere, put a time counter on The War Doctor.
Whenever The War Doctor attacks, it deals damage equal to the number of time counters on it to any target. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
The War Doctor has 6 printings, first in Doctor Who (2023). EDHREC ranks it #8,141 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler decks (4,347 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run The War Doctor
- Timey-Wimey - Doctor Who, led by Rose Tyler
Commanders that run The War Doctor most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler: 4,347 decks
- Gwen Stacy // Ghost-Spider: 672 decks
- The Fourteenth Doctor: 197 decks
- Kate Stewart: 184 decks
- The Face of Boe: 108 decks
- Bell Borca, Spectral Sergeant: 50 decks
- Caparocti Sunborn: 32 decks
Often played with The War Doctor
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose the target of the second ability as it attacks. The number of time counters is checked at the time the ability resolves. If The War Doctor has left the battlefield by that time, use the number of time counters it had on it the last time it was on the battlefield to determine how much damage it deals to that target.
- : If The War Doctor phases out at the same time as any other permanents, its first ability won't trigger.
- : Neither "Time" nor "Lord" are creature types. Some older cards were printed with the subtype "Lord," but all of those cards have updated Oracle card text that removed that type.
- : If an effect instructs you to choose a creature type, you may choose Time Lord.
- : Unlike other creature types in Magic that are each only one word, the two words "Time Lord" represent a single creature subtype. Time Lord is the only two-word creature type.