Davros, Dalek Creator

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Davros, Dalek Creator: Legendary Artifact Creature - Alien Scientist, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}{B}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Artifact Creature - Alien Scientist
Colour identity
Blue, black and red (UBR)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
1
Artist
Simon Dominic
Commander rank
7,520 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Menace
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Davros, Dalek Creator

Davros, Dalek Creator is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue, black and red legendary artifact creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 1 in that set, with art by Simon Dominic. It costs {1}{U}{B}{R} (one generic, one blue, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue, black and red. 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 $0.50 (foil finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Menace

At the beginning of your end step, create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace if an opponent lost 3 or more life this turn. Then each opponent who lost 3 or more life this turn faces a villainous choice - You draw a card, or that player discards a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the foil finish of this printing: $0.50 (as of 2026-11-02).

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

Format legality

Legality of Davros, Dalek Creator by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Davros, Dalek Creator

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1131Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #192Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #407Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #540Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #606Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #998Mythic2023

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Davros, Dalek Creator, newest first.

  • If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.
  • A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.
  • When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.

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