The Cyber-Controller
The Cyber-Controller: Legendary Artifact Creature - Cyberman, Doctor Who. When The Cyber-Controller enters, each opponent mills X cards. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{U}{U}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Artifact Creature - Cyberman
- Colour identity
- Blue and black (UB)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Doctor Who (WHO)
- Released
- 2023-10-13
- Collector number
- 119
- Artist
- Pavel Kolomeyets
- Keywords
- Mill
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About The Cyber-Controller
The Cyber-Controller is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black legendary artifact creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 119 in that set, with art by Pavel Kolomeyets. It costs {X}{U}{U}{B} (X, two blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. 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 $0.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
When The Cyber-Controller enters, each opponent mills X cards. Put all creature cards milled this way onto the battlefield face down under your control. They're 2/2 Cyberman artifact creatures.
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Cyber-Controller by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of The Cyber-Controller
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who (WHO) #405 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #724 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #996 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to The Cyber-Controller, newest first.
- Double-faced permanents that are already on the battlefield can't be turned face down this way. However, a double-faced card can be put onto the battlefield face down from another zone this way.
- If, for any reason, the face-down creature is turned face up, the effect making it a Cyberman ends. It will be whatever is printed on the card.
- The player who controls a face-down permanent may look at it at any time. Notably, if the cards were put on the battlefield face down from another player's library, the player that owns them does not get to look at those cards.
- If the face-down card has a morph ability, its controller may turn it face up by paying the associated morph cost.
- Each creature turned face down this way or put onto the battlefield this way is a 2/2 Cyberman artifact creature with no name and no color.
Similar cards
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