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Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician
Legendary Creature — Human Doctor · 1W
Color identity: White
Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician is white: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Seek out — Whenever you draw your second card each turn, you gain 4 life.
Average lands in decks for Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician: 37
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The list people actually play (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: D (44/100)
- Consistency89
- Speed41
- Interaction46
- Resilience77
- Closing7
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (6 nonbasic, 31 Plains)
70,000 Light-Years from Home · Alhammarret's Archive · Ambassador K'Ehleyr · Arcane Signet · Astral Cornucopia · Captain Jean-Luc Picard · Class-F Shuttlecraft · Command Chair · Command Decision · Commander's Sphere · Cybernetic Specialist · Dispatch · Disruptor Pistol · Ensign Harry Kim, Operations · Evasive Maneuvers · Everflowing Chalice · Free Borg Revolutionaries · Guinan, Ancient Advisor · Hedron Archive · Isolinear Processor · Loran of the Third Path · Malfunctioning Holodeck · Miles O'Brien, Transporter Ops · Mind Stone · Operations Officer · Path to Exile · Peace in Our Time · Reconnaissance Partition · Saavik, Stoic Student · Set Phasers to . . . · Shuttle Crew · Skullclamp · Sol Ring · Spot, Felis catus · Stonespeaker Crystal · Sulu, Space Swashbuckler · Swords to Plowshares · Tea, Earl Grey, Hot · Test of Conviction · The Measure of a Man · The Needs of the Many · Thought Vessel · Tricorder · Troi, Winging It · Type-2 Phaser · U.S.S. Enterprise-C, Time-Tossed · U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class · U.S.S. Excelsior, Cutting Edge · Vexing Drone · Warp Core · Wayfarer's Bauble · Beverly Crusher, Ship's Doctor · Brad Boimler, Eager Ensign · Deanna Troi, Psychic Counsel · DOT-7 Repair Squad · Excalbian Gamemaster · Federation Field Medic · Hologram Janeway · Howling Mine · Julian Bashir, Frontier Doctor · Picard, Leading by Example · Picard, Steadfast Captain · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Federation Outpost · Path of Ancestry · Spire of Industry · Subspace Anomaly
🃏 Recommended cards for Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Disruptor Pistol | 100% | +100% |
| Saavik, Stoic Student | 100% | +100% |
| Cybernetic Specialist | 100% | +100% |
| Free Borg Revolutionaries | 100% | +100% |
| Malfunctioning Holodeck | 100% | +100% |
| Evasive Maneuvers | 100% | +100% |
| Set Phasers to . . . | 100% | +100% |
| 70,000 Light-Years from Home | 100% | +100% |
| Command Decision | 100% | +100% |
| Shuttle Crew | 100% | +100% |
| Spire of Industry | 100% | +100% |
| Operations Officer | 100% | +100% |
| Astral Cornucopia | 100% | +100% |
| Vexing Drone | 100% | +100% |
| U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class | 100% | +100% |
| Captain Jean-Luc Picard | 100% | +100% |
| Tricorder | 100% | +100% |
| Command Chair | 100% | +100% |
| Spot, Felis catus | 100% | +99% |
| Stonespeaker Crystal | 100% | +99% |
| Type-2 Phaser | 100% | +99% |
| Reconnaissance Partition | 100% | +99% |
| Tea, Earl Grey, Hot | 100% | +99% |
| Miles O'Brien, Transporter Ops | 100% | +99% |
💰 The best cards for your Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician 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.
- Malfunctioning Holodeck
- Set Phasers to . . .
- 70,000 Light-Years from Home
- Command Decision
- Spire of Industry
- Astral Cornucopia
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Saavik, Stoic Student
- U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Galaxy-Class
- Peace in Our Time
- Federation Outpost
- Dispatch
- Skullclamp
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
- Command Chair
- Spot, Felis catus
- The Needs of the Many
- Alhammarret's Archive
- The Immortal Sun
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician's color identity?
Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician 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 Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.1 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 13 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: D (44/100).
How many lands should a Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician deck run?
Real Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician decks run 37 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 Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician?
The three highest-synergy cards are Disruptor Pistol, Saavik, Stoic Student, Cybernetic Specialist. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician decks.
What combos does Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Dr. Pulaski, Cynical Clinician deck cost?
You can start cheap: Malfunctioning Holodeck, Set Phasers to . . ., 70,000 Light-Years from Home 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.