Kate Stewart

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Kate Stewart: Legendary Creature - Human Scientist, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}{R}{W}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist
Colour identity
White, blue and red (WUR)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
139
Artist
Thanh Tuấn
Commander rank
15,744 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Kate Stewart

Kate Stewart is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white, blue and red legendary creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 139 in that set, with art by Thanh Tuấn. It costs {1}{U}{R}{W} (one generic, one white, one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue 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 $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever you put one or more time counters on a permanent you control, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Whenever Kate Stewart attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, attacking creatures get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of time counters among permanents you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (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 Kate Stewart by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Kate Stewart

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1013Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #422Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #744Rare2023

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Kate Stewart, newest first.

  • Kate Stewart's first ability triggers only when you put time counters on permanents. It does not trigger when you put time counters on cards in exile.
  • Similarly, its last ability counts only time counters on permanents, not on cards you own in exile.

Similar cards

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