Alistair, the Brigadier

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Alistair, the Brigadier: Legendary Creature - Human Soldier, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}{W}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Colour identity
White, blue and green (WUG)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
112
Artist
Thanh Tuấn
Commander rank
12,537 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Alistair, the Brigadier

Alistair, the Brigadier is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white, blue and green legendary creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 112 in that set, with art by Thanh Tuấn. It costs {1}{G}{W}{U} (one generic, one white, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Whenever Alistair attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of historic permanents you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Alistair, the Brigadier by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Alistair, the Brigadier

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #401Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #717Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #992Rare2023

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Alistair, the Brigadier.

  • You choose whether to pay {8} as Alistair's second ability resolves. Notably, once it begins to resolve, none of your opponents may take actions that might change the result before it happens, such as casting a spell that destroys one of your historic permanents.

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