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Doctor Spectrum
Legendary Creature — Human Hero · 3WW
Color identity: White
Doctor Spectrum is white: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
When Doctor Spectrum enters, choose one —
• Create a 0/4 colorless Wall creature token with defender.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on each other Hero you control.
• Destroy target enchantment.
Reference price of the card: €0.22
Average lands in decks for Doctor Spectrum: 35
Build your Doctor Spectrum deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Doctor Spectrum 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Doctor Spectrum deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (65/100)
- Consistency18
- Speed47
- Interaction88
- Resilience81
- Closing83
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (17 nonbasic, 18 Plains)
Cloudshift · Ephemerate · Path to Exile · Photon, Lady of Light · Sol Ring · Swords to Plowshares · Thought Vessel · Agent Phil Coulson · Arcane Signet · Austere Command · Avengers Assemble! · Black Panther, Most Dangerous · Captain America, Unbowed · Conjurer's Closet · Eerie Interlude · Falcon and Redwing · Felidar Retreat · Parting Gust · Quantum Entanglement · Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier · Team Transmitter · Teleportation Circle · The Mind Stone · The Vision · Acrobatic Maneuver · Airbender Ascension · Anti-Venom, Horrifying Healer · Blur of Heroism · Captain America, Super-Soldier · Captain Marvel, Shooting Star · Champions from Beyond · Colleen Wing, Street Samurai · Damning Verdict · Ennis, Debate Moderator · Generous Gift · Hercules, Olympian Hero · Hyperion, Supreme Hero · Lae'zel's Acrobatics · Lapse of Certainty · Loran of the Third Path · Matt Murdock, Justice Seeker · Metallic Mimic · Mind Stone · Night Nurse, Healer of Heroes · Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins · Origin of the Avengers · Panharmonicon · Pearl Medallion · Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd · Reprieve · Requisition Raid · Semester's End · Silver Sable, Mercenary Leader · Stroke of Midnight · Sword of Hearth and Home · The Falcon, Sam Wilson · Tome of Legends · White Widow, Free Agent · Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow · Wondrous Revival · Aang, Airbending Master · Akroma's Will · Alharu, Solemn Ritualist · Ambitious Farmhand // Seasoned Cathar · Abandoned Air Temple · Emeria, the Sky Ruin · Myriad Landscape · Temple of the False God · War Room · Buried Ruin · Cavern of Souls · Clive's Hideaway · Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire · Fountainport · Minas Tirith · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Path of Ancestry · Reliquary Tower · Rogue's Passage · Three Tree City · Windbrisk Heights
🃏 Recommended cards for Doctor Spectrum
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Doctor Spectrum, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Photon, Lady of Light | 100% | +100% |
| Cloudshift | 100% | +90% |
| Ephemerate | 100% | +87% |
| Thought Vessel | 100% | +84% |
| Team Transmitter | 75% | +75% |
| The Vision | 75% | +74% |
| Quantum Entanglement | 75% | +74% |
| Captain America, Unbowed | 75% | +74% |
| Avengers Assemble! | 75% | +74% |
| Black Panther, Most Dangerous | 75% | +74% |
| Agent Phil Coulson | 75% | +74% |
| Falcon and Redwing | 75% | +74% |
| Conjurer's Closet | 75% | +69% |
| Parting Gust | 75% | +69% |
| Felidar Retreat | 75% | +67% |
| Eerie Interlude | 75% | +67% |
| Teleportation Circle | 75% | +67% |
| The Mind Stone | 75% | +65% |
| Sejiri Shelter | 75% | +63% |
| Blur of Heroism | 50% | +50% |
| The Falcon, Sam Wilson | 50% | +50% |
| Wondrous Revival | 50% | +50% |
| Colleen Wing, Street Samurai | 50% | +49% |
| Origin of the Avengers | 50% | +49% |
💰 The best cards for your Doctor Spectrum deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Photon, Lady of Light
- Cloudshift
- Thought Vessel
- Team Transmitter
- The Vision
- Captain America, Unbowed
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Ephemerate
- Quantum Entanglement
- Conjurer's Closet
- Eerie Interlude
- Teleportation Circle
- Hyperion, Supreme Hero
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- The Mind Stone
- Aang, Airbending Master
- Preston, the Vanisher
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Doctor Spectrum's color identity?
Doctor Spectrum is white: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Doctor Spectrum come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Doctor Spectrum deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 94 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 36 % of the time and floods 31 %. Deck health: C+ (65/100).
How many lands should a Doctor Spectrum deck run?
Real Doctor Spectrum decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Doctor Spectrum?
The three highest-synergy cards are Photon, Lady of Light, Cloudshift, Ephemerate. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Doctor Spectrum decks.
What combos does Doctor Spectrum have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Doctor Spectrum. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Doctor Spectrum deck cost?
You can start cheap: Photon, Lady of Light, Cloudshift, Thought Vessel are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.