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The Ninth Doctor
Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
Haste Into the TARDIS — Whenever The Ninth Doctor becomes untapped during your untap step, you get an additional upkeep step after this step.
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“Extra turns and untap effects build toward total control and overwhelming advantage.”
Combo
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Spellslinger, Combo
Strategy
The Ninth Doctor is all about extra turns and the value that comes with them. Every untap step, he triggers to give you an additional upkeep step, which means you're stacking extra turns and extra upkeep triggers. Your deck wants to abuse untap effects—cards that untap creatures or the whole board—to trigger his ability multiple times per turn cycle. This creates a snowball effect where you're taking more turns, drawing more cards, and casting more spells, eventually overwhelming your opponents through sheer tempo and card advantage.
The core gameplan is to find cheap untap effects and payoffs for extra upkeeps. Cards like Wilderness Reclamation, Seedborn Muse, and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir help you untap and trigger the Doctor repeatedly. You can also lean into instants and flash creatures to maximize the value of those bonus upkeep steps. Since he has haste, he's immediately threatening and can attack the turn he enters—this early pressure, combined with the extra turns, often closes games before opponents stabilize.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip the expensive dual lands and use basic islands plus budget Izzet fixers like Evolving Wilds and Shivan Reef; replace pricey untap effects with Dramatic Reversal and Pemmin's Aura.
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