The Dalek Emperor
The Dalek Emperor: Legendary Artifact Creature - Dalek, Doctor Who. Affinity for Daleks. Other Daleks you control have haste. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Legendary Artifact Creature - Dalek
- Colour identity
- Black and red (BR)
- Power / toughness
- 6/6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Doctor Who (WHO)
- Released
- 2023-10-13
- Collector number
- 120
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Commander rank
- 9,360 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Affinity
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About The Dalek Emperor
The Dalek Emperor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and red legendary artifact creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 120 in that set, with art by Mark Tedin. It costs {5}{B}{R} (five generic, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 6/6 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. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Affinity for Daleks (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Dalek you control.)
Other Daleks you control have haste.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each opponent faces a villainous choice - That player sacrifices a creature of their choice, or you create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Dalek Emperor 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 Dalek Emperor
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who (WHO) #406 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #725 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #997 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to The Dalek Emperor, newest first.
- 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.
- When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.
- 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
Other artifact creature cards with a black and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
The Dalek Emperor is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.