Doctor Who
Oct 2023
Allons-y! The TARDIS lands in Commander as the Doctor and companions from across 60 years of television history join forces for time-bending strategies.
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Allons-y! The TARDIS Arrives
The Doctor Who Commander decks celebrate 60 years of the beloved British science fiction institution with four decks representing different eras, companions, and themes from the show's remarkable run. Doctor Who and Magic: The Gathering are both beloved franchises with dedicated fan communities, and this crossover treats the source material with genuine respect, creating Commander products that function as both love letters to the show and legitimate competitive decks.
The four decks span the show's history, from classic-era stories to modern companion dynamics, capturing the time-traveling adventurer's spirit through mechanics that evoke temporal paradoxes, historical events, and the Doctor's eternal optimism in the face of overwhelming odds.
Blast from the Past — The Fourth Doctor's Adventures
The Fourth Doctor, with his iconic scarf and Jelly Babies, represents the classic era of Doctor Who through a five-color historic-matters strategy. The Blast from the Past deck draws on the show's sprawling history, using the historic card type — artifacts, legends, and sagas — as fuel for Commander advantage. Every historic permanent you cast or control contributes to a growing advantage that mirrors the Fourth Doctor's attitude toward time itself.
The partnership between the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith reflects one of the show's most beloved Doctor-companion relationships. Sarah Jane's pragmatism balances the Doctor's wandering enthusiasm, and mechanically, this translates into a deck that generates value from both action (the Doctor) and careful observation (Sarah Jane).
Blast from the Past is probably the most 'Magic' of the Doctor Who precons in the sense that its historic-matters strategy fits cleanly into established Commander archetypes. New players will find it approachable, while experienced players will appreciate its depth.
Masters of Evil — The Dalek Paradigm
Davros, Dalek Creator, brings Doctor Who's most iconic villain to Commander with a Grixis (blue/black/red) token-and-damage strategy. The Masters of Evil deck creates Dalek tokens that deal combat damage while triggering card draw, building an ever-escalating engine of EXTERMINATION that can be challenging to answer once established.
The deck captures the Daleks' essential character: relentless, mechanical, and utterly convinced of their own superiority. When opponents try to stop the Dalek horde through combat, the combat damage triggers draw more cards and create more Daleks. When they try to use removal, the sheer number of Daleks overwhelms targeted interaction. The deck rewards the same kind of persistent, grinding pressure that makes Daleks terrifying in the show.
Players who enjoy token-based strategies with built-in card advantage will find Masters of Evil one of the most satisfying Doctor Who precons to pilot. The deck's floor is high — even when things go wrong, you have Daleks — and its ceiling is impressive.
Paradox Power — The Thirteenth Doctor
The Thirteenth Doctor's era of Doctor Who was defined by rapid movement, boundless energy, and the exploitation of time itself as both weapon and transport. Paradox Power captures this through a Temur (blue/red/green) cascade and cost-reduction strategy where temporal paradoxes reduce your spells' costs and trigger chain casting.
The deck's cascade effects fire in rapid succession once the engine is assembled, creating the show's characteristic sense of breathless adventure where the Doctor somehow manages to solve seven problems simultaneously while running from a Dalek. Yasmin Khan provides focused backup support that complements the Doctor's chaotic energy.
Paradox Power rewards players who enjoy setting up explosive turns that cascade from one spell into another. The deck requires careful construction of your cascade chain — knowing which cheap spells trigger which payoffs, and how to sequence them for maximum effect.
Timey-Wimey — Allons-y with Extra Turns
The Tenth Doctor is many fans' favorite incarnation, and the Timey-Wimey deck honors that status with one of Commander's most ambitious precon strategies: a four-color extra-turns package. The Tenth Doctor's famous declaration that time is 'wibbly wobbly, timey wimey' translates directly into mechanics where you take additional turns through time counter accumulation and temporal manipulation.
Rose Tyler's partnership with the Tenth Doctor creates one of the show's most emotionally resonant relationships, and the deck's mechanics reflect their complementary dynamic — the Doctor's temporal power combined with Rose's determination to make the most of every moment together.
Extra-turns strategies are among Commander's most powerful archetypes, and Timey-Wimey packages the mechanic into an accessible precon while still having the tools to be genuinely competitive. Players who enjoy taking multiple consecutive turns will find this deck particularly satisfying, though expect some good-natured groaning from the table when it goes off.