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The Sixth Doctor

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor

Time Lord's Prerogative — Whenever you cast a historic spell, copy it, except the copy isn't legendary. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
rare
Set
Doctor Who
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#6269
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The Sixth Doctor card art
The Sixth Doctor turns every historic spell into a free card — land it on curve and it starts replacing itself immediately, which is a high bar for a four-mana creature to clear. The catch is that Romana II has to survive long enough to trigger, which makes the whole engine fragile to spot removal, but at the rate The Sixth Doctor generates card advantage, even one or two triggers justify the slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Peter Parker

49.7% of decks · synergy 0.48

Peter Parker's spider-themed historic synergies stack directly with The Sixth Doctor's triggered ability, making The Sixth Doctor one of the most consistent card-advantage engines available to the deck — nearly half of all Peter Parker lists already run it, and the inclusion rate reflects how naturally the two reward the same game plan.

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 Sixth Doctor actually earns its keep — the format's emphasis on legendary creatures and artifact-heavy builds means historic triggers fire early and often, and four mana is a reasonable rate when the payoff is raw card draw. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but The Sixth Doctor has no realistic role in either format: historic as a mechanic doesn't map onto those linear, speed-driven environments. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card context worth noting, where a controlling shell that leans on historic spells could use The Sixth Doctor as a value engine in the 99 under the right signature spell.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, The Sixth Doctor is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that goes in nearly half of all Peter Parker decks. Bulk rares with narrow but real Commander homes tend to sit at this price floor indefinitely, so there's no urgency in either direction: pick it up when you need it, don't speculate on it.

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