EDH Optimizer
The Fugitive Doctor
Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor · 3RG
Color identity: Green · Red · Gruul
The Fugitive Doctor is Gruul (green and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When The Fugitive Doctor enters, investigate.
Whenever The Fugitive Doctor attacks, you may sacrifice a Clue. When you do, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback {2}{R}{G} until end of turn. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Reference price of the card: €0.02
Average lands in decks for The Fugitive Doctor: 35
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Build your The Fugitive Doctor deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Fugitive Doctor 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Fugitive Doctor 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+ (61/100)
- Consistency93
- Speed43
- Interaction19
- Resilience70
- Closing87
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (22 nonbasic, 7 Mountain, 6 Forest)
Tireless Tracker · Tamiyo's Journal · Academy Manufactor · Arcane Signet · Big Score · Cultivate · Sol Ring · They Went This Way · True Ancestry · Call Forth the Tempest · Demand Answers · Double Vision · Innocuous Researcher · Insurrection · Kodama's Reach · Nature's Lore · Storm-Kiln Artist · Brass's Bounty · Faithless Looting · Farseek · Flashback · Hit the Mother Lode · Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker · Path of the Pyromancer · Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak · Rampant Growth · Surge to Victory · Tablet of Discovery · Three Visits · Tireless Provisioner · Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary · Beast Within · Briarbridge Patrol · Change of Fortune · Chaos Warp · Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant · Gruul Signet · Guttersnipe · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Last Night Together · Lightning Greaves · Magnifying Glass · Regrowth · Reshape the Earth · Return of the Wildspeaker · Rishkar's Expertise · Root Out · Savvy Trader · Second Harvest · Sharp-Eyed Rookie · Talisman of Impulse · Thunderous Debut · Torch the Witness · Ulvenwald Mysteries · Unexpected Windfall · Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge · Vitalizing Wind · Cunning Maneuver · Depthshaker Titan · Icetill Explorer · Jet's Brainwashing · Ardent Elementalist · Autumn's Veil · Backdraft Hellkite · Command Tower · Rootbound Crag · Stomping Ground · Cinder Glade · Commercial District · Dining Room · Evolving Wilds · Rockfall Vale · Spire Garden · Wooded Foothills · Karplusan Forest · Myriad Landscape · Taiga · The Gold Saucer · Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway · Geier Reach Sanitarium · Gruul Turf · Mossfire Valley · Rogue's Passage · Scene of the Crime · Sheltered Thicket · Temple of Abandon
🃏 Recommended cards for The Fugitive Doctor
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Fugitive Doctor, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Tireless Tracker | 100% | +95% |
| Tamiyo's Journal | 88% | +87% |
| They Went This Way | 75% | +75% |
| Academy Manufactor | 75% | +72% |
| Big Score | 75% | +66% |
| True Ancestry | 67% | +65% |
| Innocuous Researcher | 63% | +62% |
| Double Vision | 63% | +62% |
| Dining Room | 63% | +62% |
| Insurrection | 63% | +61% |
| Call Forth the Tempest | 63% | +61% |
| Storm-Kiln Artist | 63% | +60% |
| Demand Answers | 63% | +58% |
| Path of the Pyromancer | 50% | +50% |
| Surge to Victory | 50% | +50% |
| Tablet of Discovery | 50% | +50% |
| Hit the Mother Lode | 50% | +48% |
| Flashback | 50% | +48% |
| Brass's Bounty | 50% | +48% |
| Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker | 50% | +48% |
| Pinnacle Monk | 50% | +46% |
| Faithless Looting | 50% | +44% |
| Commercial District | 63% | +43% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 50% | +40% |
💰 The best cards for your The Fugitive 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.
- Tireless Tracker
- Tamiyo's Journal
- They Went This Way
- Big Score
- True Ancestry
- Innocuous Researcher
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Academy Manufactor
- Insurrection
- Flashback
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- Commercial District
- Tireless Provisioner
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Call Forth the Tempest
- Reshape the Earth
- Icetill Explorer
- Taiga
- Parallel Lives
- Wooded Foothills
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Fugitive Doctor
- Combat Celebrant + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker → Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite ETB
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Port Razer → Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite sacrifice triggers, Infinite untap of creatures you control
- Worldfire + Mizzix's Mastery → Each opponent loses the game, Exile all cards in hands and graveyards, Exile all permanents, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players, Mass Land Denial
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Fugitive Doctor's color identity?
The Fugitive Doctor is Gruul (green and red): 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 Fugitive Doctor come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Fugitive Doctor deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.6 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 98 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 22 % of the time and floods 6 %. Deck health: C+ (61/100).
How many lands should a The Fugitive Doctor deck run?
Real The Fugitive 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 Fugitive Doctor?
The three highest-synergy cards are Tireless Tracker, Tamiyo's Journal, They Went This Way. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Fugitive Doctor decks.
What combos does The Fugitive Doctor have?
The Fugitive Doctor has 3 known combos. The most popular one is Combat Celebrant + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker. 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 Fugitive Doctor deck cost?
You can start cheap: Tireless Tracker, Tamiyo's Journal, They Went This Way 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.