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The First Doctor

{1}{W}{U}

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor

When The First Doctor enters, search your library and/or graveyard for a card named TARDIS, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle. Whenever you cast a spell with cascade, put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact or creature.
Plays as:
Counter PlacerETB TriggerCascade Payoff
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

EDHREC #12,919Played in Under 1% of cEDH decks with white and blue

Printings
7
Price range
$0.23tolowest listing$500.25

Versions

7 printings · from $0.23

In products
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Extended Art
Doctor Who
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BorderlessShowcase
Doctor Who
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SerializedBorderlessShowcase+1
Doctor Who
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Surge Foil
Doctor Who
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Extended ArtSurge Foil
Doctor Who
2023#1143In products
BorderlessShowcaseSurge Foil

Rulings

4 · latest Oct 13, 2023
  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    If an effect instructs you to choose a creature type, you may choose Time Lord.

  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    Neither "Time" nor "Lord" are creature types. Some older cards were printed with the subtype "Lord," but all of those cards have updated Oracle card text that removed that type.

  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    Unlike other creature types in Magic that are each only one word, the two words "Time Lord" represent a single creature subtype. Time Lord is the only two-word creature type.

  • WotCOct 13, 2023

    You choose the target for The First Doctor's last ability before revealing any cards for cascade.