The Sixth Doctor
Time Lord's Prerogative — Whenever you cast a historic spell, copy it, except the copy isn't legendary. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
How The Sixth Doctor decks play in EDH
The Sixth Doctor is a Simic commander in blue and green costing 4GU, and its legendary creature - time lord doctor line shapes the whole deck around it. Artifacts drive the deck, so cheap mana rocks and artifact recursion do double duty. The cards below are the ones The Sixth Doctor decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $125Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (3)
Card draw (4)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (1)
Creatures (5)
Synergy & payoffs (6)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Sixth 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.
Start with The Sixth DoctorThe Sixth Doctor deck questions
What colours can I use in a The Sixth Doctor deck?
The Sixth Doctor has a Simic colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Sixth Doctor?
The cards played most often in The Sixth Doctor decks include The Notary Hobbits, Fateful Discovery, Dancing from Dark to Dawn. 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 Sixth Doctor deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $125 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 Sixth 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.