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The War Doctor

First printed in Doctor Who (2023)

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The War Doctor

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor

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.

3/5

Illustrated by
Lixin Yin

Legality

Rulings (5)

  • 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.

Combos

1 combo:

Commander In 4 of 6550 decks (0.1%), most in K-9, Mark I + The War Doctor

Share of decks
0.1%
= vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 0.0% 2026-08-24: 0.0% 2026-08-31: 0.1% 2026-09-07: 0.1% 2026-09-14: 0.0% 2026-09-21: 0.0% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 0.2% 2026-10-12: 0.0% 2026-10-19: 0.0% 2026-10-26: 0.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
4
4 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
0%
1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
K-9, Mark I + The War Doctor 0.0% 100%
Rose Tyler + The Tenth Doctor 0.0% 100%
The War Doctor + Vislor Turlough 0.0% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Exotic Orchard100%2.6
Arcane Signet100%1.6
Command Tower100%1.2
Sol Ring100%1.0
Cursed Totem75%9.7
Sacred Foundry75%9.3
Wheel of Fortune75%3.9
Grand Abolisher75%3.6
Plateau75%2.9
Jeska's Will75%2.4

Best win rate

DeckRecord
The War Doctor + Vislor Turlough
Carlos Ballesteros in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND
0-6
0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Rose Tyler + The Tenth Doctor
Aiden,
1 main #3 (top 8)
of 29
2-1
K-9, Mark I + The War Doctor
Chris Glade [thatsnotcedh | Monolith],
1 main #16
of 20
0-2
The War Doctor + Vislor Turlough
Carlos Ballesteros,
1 main #45
of 50
0-6
K-9, Mark I + The War Doctor
Chris Glade [thatsnotcedh | Monolith],
1 main #25
of 67
1-3