Great Intelligence's Plan
Sorcery
Draw three cards. Then target opponent faces a villainous choice — They discard three cards, or you may cast a spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6675
Great Intelligence's Plan lets every player draw three cards — and in the right deck, you're the only one who converts that gift into damage. Davros, Dalek Creator turns each opponent's draw into poison counters, so the symmetry collapses immediately in your favor.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Davros, Dalek Creator
Davros, Dalek Creator runs Great Intelligence's Plan as a core piece: opponents drawing three cards each means three poison counters apiece, often closing the game on the spot alongside other mass-draw spells.
Dr. Eggman
Dr. Eggman rewards you whenever opponents draw cards, so Great Intelligence's Plan handing three draws to each opponent at once triggers that engine three times per player and generates a lopsided advantage.
Zevlor, Elturel Exile
Zevlor, Elturel Exile can copy targeted spells that affect each opponent, but the real pull here is that Great Intelligence's Plan floods the table with cards — enabling Zevlor builds that punish opponents for holding large hands or drawing past a threshold.
Marvo, Deep Operative
Marvo, Deep Operative cares about opponents drawing cards and rewards you with mana or triggers each time they do, making Great Intelligence's Plan a three-for-one trigger generator that fuels Marvo's engine in a single cast.
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 |
Great Intelligence's Plan is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander — the four-player table is where handing three cards to each opponent is either devastating for you or the engine that wins the game. In Legacy and Vintage, symmetrical mass-draw at three mana is too slow and too risky against opponents who can simply use those cards to kill you faster. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it can matter, particularly with a planeswalker commander that benefits from opponents drawing. Treat this as a Commander-first card with fringe Oathbreaker applications.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Great Intelligence's Plan isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest figure. Given its niche role as a symmetrical draw spell that requires a specific commander to break parity, demand is narrow and price tends to stay modest outside spikes driven by Doctor Who Commander deck interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Davros, Dalek Creator
- Dr. Eggman
- Zevlor, Elturel Exile
- Missy
- Marvo, Deep Operative
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.