Atraxi Warden
Creature — Alien Eye
Flying
When this creature enters, exile up to one target tapped creature.
Suspend 5—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14888
Atraxi Warden locks down a creature every turn it survives, which is a meaningful board presence for a cheap, low-investment body. The catch is that it's narrow outside of Doctor Who-adjacent strategies, and The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler decks are essentially its entire natural habitat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler triggers off playing cards exiled by your own permanents, and Atraxi Warden feeds that engine directly — exiling an opponent's creature each upkeep means a steady stream of fuel for The Tenth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver ability while also keeping the board clear.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Atraxi Warden is a Commander card through and through — the tap-to-exile effect is slow and build-around, which is exactly what 100-card singleton rewards. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no competitive footprint; the effect is too passive and the body too small to matter in formats where speed and density define viability. Commander is where the card earns its slot, and even there it's essentially a The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler exclusive — outside of that shell, there are better detention effects at every price point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Atraxi Warden isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the current market rate. Given its narrow appeal — nearly all demand comes from The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler Commander decks — expect it to sit in budget territory unless Doctor Who product becomes scarce.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.