The Pandorica

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The Pandorica: Legendary Artifact, Doctor Who. You may choose not to untap The Pandorica during your untap step. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Artifact
Colour identity
White (W)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
25
Artist
Craig J Spearing
Commander rank
13,491 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About The Pandorica

The Pandorica is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary artifact from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 25 in that set, with art by Craig J Spearing. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. 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 $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

You may choose not to untap The Pandorica during your untap step.

{1}{W}, {T}: Untap another target nonland permanent, then it phases out. It can't phase in for as long as The Pandorica remains tapped. When The Pandorica becomes untapped or leaves the battlefield, that permanent phases in. Activate only as a sorcery.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (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 Pandorica by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of The Pandorica

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

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #343Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #630Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #934Rare2023

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to The Pandorica, newest first.

  • Abilities that trigger when a creature becomes tapped won't trigger when a creature phases in tapped. (This might happen if the creature in question has one or more stun counters on it.)
  • Any one-shot effects that are waiting "until [this] leaves the battlefield," won't happen when a permanent phases out.
  • Choices made for permanents as they entered the battlefield are remembered when they phase in.
  • Any continuous effects with a "for as long as" duration ignore phased-out objects. Any such effects will expire if their conditions are no longer met after ignoring the phased-out objects.
  • Each Aura and Equipment attached to a permanent that's phasing out also phases out. They will phase in with that permanent and still be attached to it. Similarly, permanents that phase out with counters phase in with those counters.
  • While a permanent is phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It can't be the target of spells or abilities, its static abilities have no effect on the game, its triggered abilities can't trigger, it can't attack or block, and so on.
  • Phasing out doesn't cause any "leaves the battlefield" abilities to trigger. Similarly, phasing in won't cause any "enters the battlefield" abilities to trigger.

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