The Fourth Doctor

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The Fourth Doctor: Legendary Creature - Time Lord Doctor, Doctor Who. You may look at the top card of your library any time. Would You Like A...? On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Time Lord Doctor
Colour identity
Blue and green (UG)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
2
Artist
David Auden Nash
Commander rank
9,994 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Food
Commander
Can be your commander

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About The Fourth Doctor

The Fourth Doctor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and green legendary creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 2 in that set, with art by David Auden Nash. It costs {2}{G}{U} (two generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue 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 $0.40 (foil finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

You may look at the top card of your library any time.

Would You Like A...? - Once each turn, you may play a historic land or cast a historic spell from the top of your library. When you do, create a Food token. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the foil finish of this printing: $0.40 (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 Fourth Doctor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of The Fourth Doctor

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1006Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #1146Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #193Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #415Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #555Mythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #555zMythic2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #607Mythic2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for The Fourth Doctor, newest first.

  • You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
  • Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  • Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
  • If the top card of your library changes during the process of casting a spell or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until the process of casting the spell or activating the ability ends (all targets are chosen, all costs are paid, and so on).
  • Essentially, The Fourth Doctor lets you play with the top card of your library revealed only to you. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand. You may look at the top card of your library whenever you want, even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack.
  • Unlike other creature types in Magic that are each only one word, the two words "Time Lord" represent a single creature subtype. Time Lord is the only two-word creature type.
  • Neither "Time" nor "Lord" are creature types. Some older cards were printed with the subtype "Lord," but all of those cards have updated Oracle card text that removed that type.
  • If an effect instructs you to choose a creature type, you may choose Time Lord.

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