The Eighth Doctor
When The Eighth Doctor enters, mill three cards. Once during each of your turns, you may play a historic land or cast a historic permanent spell from your graveyard. If you do, it gains "If this permanent would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else."
How The Eighth Doctor decks play in EDH
The Eighth Doctor is a Azorius commander in white and blue costing 4WU, and its legendary creature - time lord doctor line shapes the whole deck around it. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. It fills graveyards, which can be a win condition on its own or fuel for recursion. The cards below are the ones The Eighth Doctor decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $429Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (4)
Card draw (4)
Removal (2)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (5)
Synergy & payoffs (3)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Eighth Doctor decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a The Eighth Doctor deck?
The Eighth Doctor has a Azorius colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Eighth Doctor?
The cards played most often in The Eighth Doctor decks include Minas Tirith, Path to Exile, Teferi's Protection. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a The Eighth Doctor deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $429 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a The Eighth Doctor deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.