The Flood of Mars

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The Flood of Mars: Creature - Alien Zombie Horror, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Alien Zombie Horror
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
45
Artist
Andrey Kuzinskiy
Commander rank
8,960 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Islandwalk, Landwalk, Water Always Wins

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About The Flood of Mars

The Flood of Mars is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 45 in that set, with art by Andrey Kuzinskiy. It costs {2}{U}{U} (two generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. 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 $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Water Always Wins - Whenever this creature attacks, put a flood counter on another target creature or land. If it's a creature, it becomes a copy of this creature. If it's a land, it becomes an Island in addition to its other types.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (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 The Flood of Mars by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of The Flood of Mars

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #360Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #650Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #951Rare2023

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to The Flood of Mars.

  • If the target is both a creature and a land as the triggered ability resolves, it will become a copy of The Flood of Mars. Excepting some very unusual cases, that copy won't be a land, so it won't also become an Island.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

The Flood of Mars is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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