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The Master, Formed Anew

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Rogue

Body Thief — When you cast this spell, you may exile a creature you control and put a takeover counter on it.
You may have The Master enter as a copy of a creature card in exile with a takeover counter on it.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{U}{B}
Color identity
BU
Rarity
rare
Set
Doctor Who
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#18647
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The Master, Formed Anew card art
The Master, Formed Anew turns every creature death into a free reanimate, snowballing board presence faster than opponents can answer it. The cost is real — five mana and a legendary slot that competes hard — but pair it with Ashnod's Altar and the engine becomes self-sustaining on the same turn it lands.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where The Master, Formed Anew belongs — the format's longer games give it time to generate the repeated triggers that justify five mana, and graveyard-synergy shells are deep enough to build around it as either a commander or a key piece in the 99. Legacy and Vintage are both legal on paper, but the format pace is brutally fast and a five-mana do-nothing-until-something-dies permanent won't see serious play there. Oathbreaker is legal but shares the same problem at smaller scale. Treat The Master, Formed Anew as a Commander card through and through.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for a current number. The Master, Formed Anew is a mythic rare from a Doctor Who supplemental set, which typically means limited reprint pressure and prices that hold or climb once the initial supply dries up — pick it up sooner rather than waiting.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.