The Master, Mesmerist

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The Master, Mesmerist: Legendary Creature - Time Lord Rogue, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Time Lord Rogue
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
145
Artist
Erion Makuo
Commander rank
13,308 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Goad
Commander
Can be your commander

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About The Master, Mesmerist

The Master, Mesmerist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black legendary creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 145 in that set, with art by Erion Makuo. It costs {2}{U}{B} (two generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. 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 $0.34 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{T}: Target creature an opponent controls with power less than or equal to The Master's power gains skulk until end of turn. Goad it. (A creature with skulk can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

Whenever a creature with skulk deals combat damage to one of your opponents, put a +1/+1 counter on The Master and draw a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.34 (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 Master, Mesmerist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of The Master, Mesmerist

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #1019Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #1135Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #428Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #544Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #750Rare2023

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to The Master, Mesmerist, newest first.

  • If an effect instructs you to choose a creature type, you may choose Time Lord.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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