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The Tenth Doctor

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor

Allons-y! — Whenever you attack, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. Put three time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.
Timey-Wimey — {7}: Time travel three times. Activate only as a sorcery. (For each suspended card you own and each permanent you control with a time counter on it, you may add or remove a time counter. Then do it two more times.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{R}
Color identity
RU
Rarity
mythic
Set
Doctor Who
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#6235
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The Tenth Doctor turns every suspended card into a political weapon and a card-advantage engine, giving you free spells and extra turns with almost no setup beyond a healthy suspended stack. The catch is a five-mana price tag and a design that does almost nothing without support — slot it into a shell that's already suspending things, or leave it on the shelf. Rousing Refrain in particular goes infinite with The Tenth Doctor in the right build, which is exactly the kind of payoff that justifies the cost.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Jhoira of the Ghitu

Jhoira of the Ghitu

47.3% of decks · synergy 0.47

Jhoira of the Ghitu is the natural home: she suspends every expensive spell in the deck for two mana, and The Tenth Doctor converts every one of those countdowns into bonus triggers, turning a slow inevitability engine into something that wins the table on the same turn the big spells land.

02
Gandalf of the Secret Fire

Gandalf of the Secret Fire

17.2% of decks · synergy 0.16

Gandalf of the Secret Fire cares about casting noncreature spells and generating value off each one, so The Tenth Doctor's extra-turn and free-spell triggers compound with Gandalf's own triggers every time a suspended card finally resolves.

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 Tenth Doctor actually lives — the 100-card singleton format gives it the density of suspend payoffs and long-game setup it needs to justify five mana. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically real, but no competitive shell there is suspending cards for value, so The Tenth Doctor is purely a Commander card in practice. Oathbreaker is worth a mention: as a signature spell it's illegal, but as a creature in a suspend-themed deck it functions identically to the Commander build. Anywhere that wants fast interaction or board presence from a five-mana creature will be disappointed.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't available right now for The Tenth Doctor — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values. Given the niche but dedicated fanbase around Doctor Who Commander precons, prices on the marquee legendary creatures from that product can swing based on demand for themed builds.

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