Sycorax Commander

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Sycorax Commander: Creature - Alien Soldier, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Alien Soldier
Colour identity
Black and red (BR)
Power / toughness
4/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
161
Artist
L J Koh
Commander rank
10,356 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
First strike, Haste, Sanctified Rules of Combat

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About Sycorax Commander

Sycorax Commander is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and red creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 161 in that set, with art by L J Koh. It costs {2}{B}{R} (two generic, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/2 creature. Its colour identity is black and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

First strike, haste

Sanctified Rules of Combat - When this creature enters, each opponent faces a villainous choice - That opponent discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards minus one, or this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (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 Sycorax Commander by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Sycorax Commander

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1036Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #445Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #766Rare2023

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Sycorax Commander, newest first.

  • When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar cards

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