The Eleventh Doctor
Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
I. AM. TALKING! — Whenever The Eleventh Doctor deals combat damage to a player, you may exile a card from your hand with a number of time counters on it equal to its mana value. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9079
The Eleventh Doctor hits the table as a five-mana 2/3 that lets you cast spells from exile — specifically off the Sonic Screwdriver mechanic — and his Regenerate ability keeps him coming back, which makes him durable in a way that compensates for his modest body. He's not a standalone powerhouse, but paired with The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler, he slots into an exile-cast engine that generates real card advantage and puts consistent pressure on opponents.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler runs The Eleventh Doctor because the whole deck is built around casting spells from exile, and Eleven both contributes to that loop and benefits from the engine Rose and Ten establish — 76% of Tenth Doctor decks include him for exactly that reason.
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 |
Commander is where The Eleventh Doctor actually lives — the Doctor tribal synergies, the exile-cast payoffs, and the multi-card engines that make him tick all require the singleton, 100-card format to assemble consistently. In Legacy and Vintage, he's technically legal but has no competitive home; five mana for a 2/3 with a conditional casting ability doesn't register in formats where the bar is Ragavan and Force of Will. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if you're building around a Doctor-adjacent planeswalker, but the best version of this card is always the one helmed by or supporting The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for The Eleventh Doctor isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given that he appears in over 75% of The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler decks — one of the more popular Commander precon commanders — demand is real, and he's unlikely to be bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.