The First Doctor

The First Doctor is a unique blend of toolbox tutoring and cascade synergy. Your main game plan is to fetch TARDIS immediately, which gives you a repeatable mana sink and card advantage engine. From there, you're building around cascade spells—cards that let you cast spells for free—to generate value while pumping your artifacts and creatures with +1/+1 counters. The deck plays like a tempo-control shell that gradually builds a clock: you're tutoring answers, casting efficient spells with cascade, and turning small creatures or artifacts into serious threats over time.

Your win condition is typically combat damage from a beefed-up creature or artifact, often the First Doctor herself or a key artifact you've built around. TARDIS is central to the deck—it's your card-draw engine and gives you flexibility to tutor what you need. You'll want to include artifact synergies (Urza, Mishra, Emry-type cards) and creatures that work well with +1/+1 counters to maximize the First Doctor's second ability. The deck thrives in midrange games where you're controlling the pace, tutoring answers, and slowly closing out with a grown threat.

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