Card

The War Doctor

Mana cost {2}{R}{W}

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor 3/5

Whenever one or more other permanents phase out and whenever one or more other cards are put into exile from anywhere, put a time counter on The War Doctor. Whenever The War Doctor attacks, it deals damage equal to the number of time counters on it to any target. If a creature dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Part of 1 known combo, one of them two-card. 5 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Rare · WHO · #167
Cheapest printing
€0.20
EDHREC salt
0.36
Color identity
Red, White

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Dance with Calamity
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Dance with Calamity
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with Dance with Calamity (none of them early)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

1 known combo, one of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast
    You choose the target of the second ability as it attacks. The number of time counters is checked at the time the ability resolves. If The War Doctor has left the battlefield by that time, use the number of time counters it had on it the last time it was on the battlefield to determine how much damage it deals to that target.
  • 2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast
    If The War Doctor phases out at the same time as any other permanents, its first ability won't trigger.
  • 2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast
    Neither "Time" nor "Lord" are creature types. Some older cards were printed with the subtype "Lord," but all of those cards have updated Oracle card text that removed that type.
  • 2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast
    If an effect instructs you to choose a creature type, you may choose Time Lord.
  • 2023-10-13 · Wizards of the Coast
    Unlike other creature types in Magic that are each only one word, the two words "Time Lord" represent a single creature subtype. Time Lord is the only two-word creature type.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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