River Song

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River Song: Legendary Creature - Human Time Lord Rogue, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Time Lord Rogue
Colour identity
Blue and red (UR)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
152
Artist
John Di Giovanni
Commander rank
10,871 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Meet in Reverse, Spoilers
Commander
Can be your commander

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About River Song

River Song is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and red legendary creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 152 in that set, with art by John Di Giovanni. It costs {1}{U}{R} (one generic, one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is 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 $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Meet in Reverse - You draw cards from the bottom of your library rather than the top.

Spoilers - Whenever an opponent scries, surveils, or searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on River Song. Then River Song deals damage to that player equal to its power.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (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 River Song by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of River Song

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1027Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #1138Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #436Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #547Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #757Rare2023

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to River Song, newest first.

  • Drawing cards from the bottom of your library is exactly the same as drawing from the top, except that you take the bottom card of your library and put it into your hand.
  • If an effect instructs you to choose a creature type, you may choose Time Lord.
  • Neither "Time" nor "Lord" are creature types. Some older cards were printed with the subtype "Lord," but all of those cards have updated Oracle card text that removed that type.
  • River Song's first ability applies to all cards you draw while it is on the battlefield, not just the card you draw for your turn.
  • Unlike other creature types in Magic that are each only one word, the two words "Time Lord" represent a single creature subtype. Time Lord is the only two-word creature type.

Similar cards

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River Song is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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