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The Ninth Doctor

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor · {1}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

Haste Into the TARDIS — Whenever The Ninth Doctor becomes untapped during your untap step, you get an additional upkeep step after this step.

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What The Ninth Doctor actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · otherWhenever The Ninth Doctor becomes untapped during your untap step, you get an additional upkeep step after this step.
• Keyword · into the tardisinto the tardis
• Keyword · hastehaste

What a The Ninth Doctor deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

• 32× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
• 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 3× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for The Ninth Doctor

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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