Strax, Sontaran Nurse

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Strax, Sontaran Nurse: Legendary Creature - Alien Cleric, Doctor Who. Vigilance, trample. Grenades! Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Alien Cleric
Colour identity
Red and green (RG)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
160
Artist
John Tedrick
Commander rank
20,740 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Fight, Glory of Battle, Grenades!, Trample, Vigilance
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Strax, Sontaran Nurse

Strax, Sontaran Nurse is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red and green legendary creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 160 in that set, with art by John Tedrick. It costs {3}{R}{G} (three generic, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is red 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 $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Vigilance, trample

Grenades! - {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls.

Glory of Battle - Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (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 Strax, Sontaran Nurse by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Strax, Sontaran Nurse

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1035Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #444Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #765Rare2023

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, newest first.

  • If Strax is dealt damage equal to its toughness while fighting, it will die before the +1/+1 counter from its last ability can save it.
  • The player is chosen at random, but Strax's controller gets to choose which of their creatures it fights.

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