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The Seventh Doctor
Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor · 3WU
Color identity: Blue · White · Azorius
The Seventh Doctor is Azorius (blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever The Seventh Doctor attacks, choose a card in your hand. Defending player guesses whether that card's mana value is greater than the number of artifacts you control. If they guessed wrong, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you don't cast a spell this way, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Reference price of the card: €0.20
Average lands in decks for The Seventh Doctor: 38
Build your The Seventh Doctor deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Seventh Doctor 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Seventh 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 (55/100)
- Consistency19
- Speed43
- Interaction92
- Resilience79
- Closing46
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 38 lands (18 nonbasic, 8 Plains, 12 Island)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Swords to Plowshares · Academy Manufactor · Lightning Greaves · Path to Exile · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Azorius Signet · Counterspell · Daily Bugle Newspaper · Dovin's Veto · Iron Man, Futurist Paragon · Talisman of Progress · Solemn Simulacrum · Deduce · Erdwal Illuminator · Five Hundred Year Diary · Mechanized Production · Swiftfoot Boots · Ornithopter of Paradise · Senator Peacock · Thraben Inspector · Whispersilk Cloak · Blightsteel Colossus · Generous Gift · Tangletrove Kelp · Thran Dynamo · Iron Man, Bleeding Edge · Armed with Proof · Forensic Gadgeteer · Foundry Inspector · Grand Abolisher · Jhoira's Familiar · Supreme Verdict · Tamiyo's Journal · Thought Vessel · Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger · Homunculus Horde · Brainstorm · Darksteel Mutation · Ichor Wellspring · Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy · Mind Stone · Ponder · Silent Arbiter · Smothering Tithe · Sonic Screwdriver · Sword of Wealth and Power · Approach of the Second Sun · Assimilation Aegis · Disorder in the Court · Dispatch · Ezrim, Agency Chief · Hard Evidence · Merchant of Truth · Midnight Clock · Mother of Runes · Negate · Nick Valentine, Private Eye · Piper Wright, Publick Reporter · Propaganda · Prairie Stream · Reliquary Tower · Command Tower · Glacial Fortress · Azorius Chancery · Deserted Beach · Hallowed Fountain · Skycloud Expanse · Adarkar Wastes · Exotic Orchard · Irrigated Farmland · Rogue's Passage · Sea of Clouds · Archway of Innovation · Floodfarm Verge · Port Town · Seat of the Synod · Temple of Enlightenment
🃏 Recommended cards for The Seventh Doctor
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Seventh Doctor, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Academy Manufactor | 58% | +57% |
| Daily Bugle Newspaper | 50% | +50% |
| Iron Man, Futurist Paragon | 50% | +50% |
| Five Hundred Year Diary | 42% | +42% |
| Erdwal Illuminator | 42% | +42% |
| Deduce | 42% | +41% |
| Senator Peacock | 38% | +38% |
| Thraben Inspector | 38% | +37% |
| Mechanized Production | 42% | +37% |
| Whispersilk Cloak | 38% | +36% |
| Tangletrove Kelp | 35% | +34% |
| Lightning Greaves | 54% | +34% |
| Blightsteel Colossus | 35% | +33% |
| Iron Man, Bleeding Edge | 33% | +32% |
| Armed with Proof | 31% | +30% |
| Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger | 31% | +30% |
| Tamiyo's Journal | 31% | +30% |
| Jhoira's Familiar | 31% | +27% |
| Thran Dynamo | 35% | +27% |
| Forensic Gadgeteer | 31% | +27% |
| Sword of Wealth and Power | 27% | +26% |
| Ornithopter of Paradise | 38% | +26% |
| Lavinia, Foil to Conspiracy | 27% | +26% |
| Sonic Screwdriver | 27% | +25% |
💰 The best cards for your The Seventh 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.
- Daily Bugle Newspaper
- Five Hundred Year Diary
- Erdwal Illuminator
- Deduce
- Senator Peacock
- Thraben Inspector
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Academy Manufactor
- Iron Man, Futurist Paragon
- Lightning Greaves
- Iron Man, Bleeding Edge
- Silent Arbiter
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Blightsteel Colossus
- Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
- Sword of Wealth and Power
- Grand Abolisher
- Ulamog, the Defiler
- Sensei's Divining Top
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Seventh Doctor
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake + Archaeomancer → Infinite blinking, Infinite ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite LTB, Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana lands you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of lands you control
- Approach of the Second Sun + Windfall → Win the game
- Approach of the Second Sun + Mystical Tutor → Win the game
- Approach of the Second Sun + Reprieve → Win the game
- Brago, King Eternal + Strionic Resonator → Infinite blinking of nonland permanents, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB, Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Seventh Doctor's color identity?
The Seventh Doctor is Azorius (blue and white): 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 Seventh Doctor come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Seventh Doctor deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 38 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.5 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 18 % of the time and floods 35 %. Deck health: C (55/100).
How many lands should a The Seventh Doctor deck run?
Real The Seventh Doctor decks run 38 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 Seventh Doctor?
The three highest-synergy cards are Academy Manufactor, Daily Bugle Newspaper, Iron Man, Futurist Paragon. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Seventh Doctor decks.
What combos does The Seventh Doctor have?
The Seventh 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 Seventh Doctor deck cost?
You can start cheap: Daily Bugle Newspaper, Five Hundred Year Diary, Erdwal Illuminator 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.