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The Thirteenth Doctor

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor · {1}{G}{U} · Green/Blue commander

Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Team TARDIS — At the beginning of your end step, untap each creature you control with a counter on it.

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What The Thirteenth 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 · cast_spellWhenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• Triggered ability · end_stepAt the beginning of your end step, untap each creature you control with a counter on it.
• Keyword · team tardisteam tardis

What a The Thirteenth Doctor deck needs

Plays as cast from anywhere. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• spells you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and the command zone (only those trigger it)
• creatures that grow with +1/+1 counters and counter payoffs (it spreads counters across your team)
• creatures with tap abilities (it untaps creatures — attack, then tap them again)

The The Thirteenth Doctor deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 21× A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
• 18× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for The Thirteenth 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.

Combos with The Thirteenth Doctor

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that The Thirteenth Doctor is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• The Thirteenth Doctor + Gogo, Master Of Mimicry339 decks
• The Thirteenth Doctor + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Savvy Trader28 decks
• The Thirteenth Doctor + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Sage Of The Beyond19 decks
• The Thirteenth Doctor + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Bilbo, Thief In The Night14 decks
• The Thirteenth Doctor + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Cloud Key7 decks
• The Thirteenth Doctor + Falco Spara, Pactweaver + Sensei's Divining Top + Jhoira's Familiar5 decks

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