EDH Optimizer
The Fourth Doctor
Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor · 2GU
Color identity: Green · Blue · Simic
The Fourth Doctor is Simic (green and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
Would You Like A...? — Once each turn, you may play a historic land or cast a historic spell from the top of your library. When you do, create a Food token. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Reference price of the card: €0.29
Average lands in decks for The Fourth Doctor: 35
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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: B (72/100)
- Consistency83
- Speed56
- Interaction48
- Resilience79
- Closing97
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (25 nonbasic, 4 Island, 6 Forest)
Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator · Fateful Discovery · Arcane Signet · Sol Ring · Academy Manufactor · Peregrin Took · Heroic Intervention · The Third Doctor · Tough Cookie · The Sixth Doctor · Adrix and Nev, Twincasters · Growth Spiral · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · Simic Signet · The Goose Mother · Thought Monitor · Counterspell · Killer Service · Pongify · The Thirteenth Doctor · Elanor Gardner · Heaped Harvest · Inspiring Statuary · Swiftfoot Boots · Tireless Provisioner · Burnished Hart · Esix, Fractal Bloom · Foundry Inspector · Halsin, Emerald Archdruid · K-9, Mark I · Mind Stone · Nettlecyst · Osgood, Operation Double · Solemn Simulacrum · Talisman of Curiosity · Cultivate · Feasting Hobbit · Giant Opportunity · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Negate · Rise and Shine · Displaced Dinosaurs · Jhoira's Familiar · Kappa Cannoneer · Mechanized Production · Nature's Lore · Opt · Rampage of the Clans · Sandman, Shifting Scoundrel · Beast Within · Bident of Thassa · Desynchronization · Idol of Oblivion · Kodama's Reach · Sensei's Divining Top · Twitching Doll · Jamie McCrimmon · Naturalize · The Great Henge · Thought Vessel · Thoughtcast · Three Visits · Welcome to Sweettooth · Winged Boots · Command Tower · Temple of Mystery · Hinterland Harbor · Tanglepool Bridge · Yavimaya Coast · Flooded Grove · The Shire · Tree of Tales · Breeding Pool · Darksteel Citadel · Dreamroot Cascade · Seat of the Synod · Trenzalore Clocktower · Academy Ruins · Otawara, Soaring City · Rivendell · Terramorphic Expanse · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Boseiju, Who Endures · Rejuvenating Springs · Reliquary Tower · Vineglimmer Snarl · Abstergo Entertainment · Botanical Sanctum · Evolving Wilds
🃏 Recommended cards for The Fourth Doctor
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Fourth Doctor, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator | 100% | +100% |
| Fateful Discovery | 100% | +100% |
| Peregrin Took | 70% | +68% |
| Academy Manufactor | 70% | +67% |
| Tough Cookie | 60% | +60% |
| The Third Doctor | 60% | +59% |
| The Sixth Doctor | 57% | +56% |
| Night of the Sweets' Revenge | 53% | +53% |
| Tanglepool Bridge | 57% | +52% |
| Thought Monitor | 53% | +51% |
| The Goose Mother | 53% | +50% |
| Killer Service | 47% | +46% |
| The Thirteenth Doctor | 47% | +46% |
| The Shire | 47% | +45% |
| Adrix and Nev, Twincasters | 53% | +44% |
| Tree of Tales | 47% | +43% |
| Elanor Gardner | 43% | +43% |
| Heaped Harvest | 43% | +42% |
| Inspiring Statuary | 43% | +42% |
| Darksteel Citadel | 43% | +41% |
| Halsin, Emerald Archdruid | 40% | +40% |
| Osgood, Operation Double | 40% | +40% |
| K-9, Mark I | 40% | +40% |
| Trenzalore Clocktower | 40% | +40% |
💰 The best cards for your The Fourth Doctor 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.
- Peregrin Took
- Tough Cookie
- The Third Doctor
- The Sixth Doctor
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Tanglepool Bridge
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
- Fateful Discovery
- Academy Manufactor
- Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
- Elanor Gardner
- Heroic Intervention
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sensei's Divining Top
- Urza, Lord High Artificer
- The Great Henge
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Fourth Doctor
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Basalt Monolith + Forsaken Monument → Infinite colorless mana
- Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Sensei's Divining Top + Foundry Inspector + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Near-infinite storm count, Infinite draw triggers
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Fourth Doctor's color identity?
The Fourth Doctor is Simic (green and blue): its deck can only run cards of those colors 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 The Fourth Doctor come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Fourth Doctor deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 25 % of the time and floods 11 %. Deck health: B (72/100).
How many lands should a The Fourth Doctor deck run?
Real The Fourth Doctor 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 The Fourth Doctor?
The three highest-synergy cards are Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator, Fateful Discovery, Peregrin Took. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Fourth Doctor decks.
What combos does The Fourth Doctor have?
The Fourth Doctor has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a The Fourth Doctor deck cost?
You can start cheap: Peregrin Took, Tough Cookie, The Third Doctor 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.