Doctor Who Commander Decks: 4 Precons from $58, Priced

• $166.64Masters of Evil
• $121.79Masters of Evil
• $146.50Timey-Wimey

This page is the deck-by-deck buyer's guide: what each precon does, which cards in it are worth money, what you pay against what you get, and the cheapest upgrades. For every other precon since 2023, see the Commander precons hub. For the other licensed sets, see our Universes Beyond guide.

What Are the Four Doctor Who Commander Decks?

Wizards released Magic: The Gathering – Doctor Who on 13 October 2023 as four Commander decks: Blast from the Past (green-white-blue), Timey-Wimey (white-blue-red), Paradox Power (blue-red-green) and Masters of Evil (blue-black-red). The set code is WHO. Draftsim notes there was "no accompanying Standard set release"; the only boosters TCGplayer lists for the set are Collector Boosters.

Three decks are led by a Doctor and a companion. The fourth is the villains. Every deck has blue in it.

How Doctor's companion works

The Doctor decks have two commanders. A card with Doctor's companion reads: "You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor." You pair one of the Doctors in these decks (all are Time Lord Doctor creatures) with one companion, and the deck uses the colours of both. The Fourth Doctor is green-blue and Sarah Jane Smith is white, so together they lead a three-colour deck.

Because the pairs are open, you can swap them. Blast from the Past alone has eight Doctors and 14 cards with Doctor's companion.

What's in a Doctor Who Commander deck box

Per Wizards, each deck has 100 cards, 50 of them new to Magic, with two traditional foil legends, plus a foil-etched display copy of the face commander on thicker card that is "not legal for play". Draftsim's list of the contents adds:

• 10 double-sided tokens
• 10 Planechase cards and a planar die
• a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack
• a deck box and a life counter

The Planechase cards are an optional extra, not part of the 100. The sample pack is random; on its own it had a TCGplayer market price of $9.84 on 10 November 2026. Neither is counted in our card values.

Doctor Who Commander Deck Prices in November 2026

Are the Doctor Who precons worth more than they cost?

Three of the four are. Blast from the Past, Paradox Power and Masters of Evil hold 1.37× to 1.74× their sealed price in cards. Timey-Wimey doesn't: the sealed deck costs $0.53 more than its 100 cards.

How to read it. Price is the TCGplayer market price of the sealed deck. Cards worth adds up the TCGplayer market price of all 100 cards, using the exact printing in the deck (the two foil commanders at their foil price). Value is cards worth divided by price. All 100 cards had a price in every deck. The method is the one behind our weekly Commander precon price table, which may show a different day's prices; the numbers here are from the 10 November 2026 snapshot.

The lowest TCGplayer listings on the same day were $52.94 (Paradox Power), $55.00 (Blast from the Past), $110.85 (Masters of Evil) and $127.00 (Timey-Wimey).

How strong are they out of the box?

We have no measured answer. On 11 November 2026 Playgroup.gg ranked 92 precons by win rate in games between unmodified decks, and the Doctor Who decks were not among them. So for strength this page leans on one review, Draftsim's (updated 8 May 2026), and on how many decks players have built with each commander on EDHREC. Draftsim's reviewer says they know "virtually nothing" about the show, so the review judges the decks as Magic decks only.

Draftsim's picks: Paradox Power as "the strongest of the cycle", Masters of Evil as "the best out-of-the-box experience for the average casual player", and Blast from the Past as "a clear last place compared to the other three". It also named Timey-Wimey the best value for its reprints. Measured as card value against today's sealed price, it is now the worst of the four (1.00×).

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Paradox Power (The Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmin Khan)

Commanders: The Thirteenth Doctor, {1}{G}{U}, 2/2, and Yasmin Khan, {3}{R}, 3/3 Other Doctors in the deck: The Twelfth Doctor, The Fugitive Doctor Colours: Temur (blue, red, green) Price: $58.16 sealed, $98.94 in cards (1.70×)

Strategy. Cast spells from anywhere but your hand. The Thirteenth Doctor's Paradox ability puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, and at your end step she untaps every creature you control with a counter on it. Yasmin Khan taps to exile the top card of your library, and you may play it until your next end step. A spell cast that way triggers Paradox, so the two commanders work together before the deck adds anything.

What's in it. 26 creatures, 14 sorceries, 10 artifacts, 7 instants, 7 enchantments and 36 lands (11 of them basics). Nine cards have a Paradox ability. Draftsim lists the mechanics that feed it: "foretell, adventure, flashback, escape, retrace, cascade, suspend". Key cards:

• Flaming Tyrannosaurus: Paradox deals 3 damage to any target and grows it; when it dies it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
• Danny Pink: your creatures draw a card the first time counters are put on them each turn. With the Thirteenth Doctor handing out counters, he's the deck's card engine and its most valuable card.
• Quantum Misalignment: copies one of your creatures, then does it again next turn from exile with rebound, which is a cast from outside your hand.
• Ponder, Preordain, Cultivate, Farseek and Search for Tomorrow for setup and ramp; Chaos Warp and Beast Within for removal.

Most valuable cards (TCGplayer market, 10 November 2026):

• Danny Pink$22.24 on 10 Nov 2026
• Flaming Tyrannosaurus$9.96 on 10 Nov 2026
• Reliquary Tower$5.17 on 10 Nov 2026
• Quantum Misalignment$5.08 on 10 Nov 2026
• Fiery Islet$4.65 on 10 Nov 2026

The top ten add up to $62.08, more than the sealed deck costs. Danny Pink alone is 22% of the deck's card value. The foil Thirteenth Doctor is a $0.41 card and the foil Yasmin Khan $0.24.

Strength. Draftsim's pick for the strongest of the four: "Its intended commanders give you card draw and board presence… and the cards are individually quite strong." It adds that none of the four is "cEDH-viable straight out of the box". None of the deck's cards is a Game Changer on Scryfall (11 November 2026).

Upgrades. The Thirteenth Doctor with Yasmin Khan leads 1,919 decks on EDHREC (rank #1,201, 11 November 2026). The most-played cards that aren't in the precon are cheap (Scryfall prices, same day): Etali, Primal Storm ($0.60, in 1,007 of 1,919 decks), Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius ($0.37), Laelia, the Blade Reforged ($0.31) and Maelstrom Wanderer ($0.34). That's $1.62 for four cards. With more to spend: Kami of Whispered Hopes ($4.48) and Wild-Magic Sorcerer ($5.82), which gives your first spell from exile each turn cascade. Draftsim suggests the artifact-themed cards as the first cuts.

Buy or skip: buy. It's the cheapest of the four, its ten best cards cover the price, and it's the one review pick for strength.

Buy Paradox Power on TCGplayer ($58.16 market, 10 Nov 2026)

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Masters of Evil (Davros, Dalek Creator)

Commander: Davros, Dalek Creator, {1}{U}{B}{R}, 3/4 with menace Second foil legend: Missy Other commanders in the deck: Ashad, the Lone Cyberman; Cult of Skaro; The Rani; The Valeyard (the deck has 15 legendary creatures) Colours: Grixis (blue, black, red) Price: $121.79 sealed, $166.64 in cards (1.37×)

Strategy. Make opponents lose 3 life each turn. At your end step Davros creates a 3/3 Dalek artifact creature with menace if an opponent lost 3 or more life that turn. Then each opponent who lost 3 or more life faces a villainous choice: you draw a card, or they discard one. Twelve cards in the deck have a villainous choice. The opponent always picks, so you get the option they mind less, every turn.

What's in it. 31 creatures, 12 artifacts, 8 sorceries, 8 enchantments, 4 instants and 37 lands (6 of them basics). It's the only one of the four with no Doctor. Key cards:

• Cybermen Squadron: nonlegendary artifact creatures you control have myriad, so each attacker makes a copy attacking every other opponent.
• Cyberman Patrol: artifact creatures you control have afflict 3, which is exactly the 3 life Davros asks for.
• Auton Soldier: a clone that is also an artifact and has myriad.
• The Master, Multiplied: myriad, and your creature tokens ignore the legend rule and can't be exiled by your own triggers, so the myriad copies stay.
• The Sound of Drums: enchanted creature is goaded and deals double combat damage.
• Snuff Out, Blasphemous Act, Feed the Swarm and Propaganda among the reprints.

Most valuable cards (TCGplayer market, 10 November 2026):

• Cybermen Squadron$23.28 on 10 Nov 2026
• Cyberman Patrol$14.54 on 10 Nov 2026
• Auton Soldier$14.29 on 10 Nov 2026
• Wound Reflection$9.73 on 10 Nov 2026
• Ensnared by the Mara$7.34 on 10 Nov 2026

Cybermen Squadron is the most valuable card in any of the four decks. The top ten add up to $97.86, and six of them are cards first printed in this deck. Masters of Evil has 26 cards worth $1 or more, the most of the four. The foil Davros is a $0.38 card and the foil Missy $0.35.

Strength. Draftsim's pick for fun and for play as it comes: "just as fun and exciting without being overly complex". It describes the deck as "a controlling aggressive deck" and warns that "you'll likely end up being the archenemy of the table". None of its cards is a Game Changer on Scryfall (11 November 2026).

Upgrades. Davros leads 6,063 decks on EDHREC (rank #497, 11 November 2026), the most of the four face commanders. The most-played cards not in the precon (Scryfall prices, same day):

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  $0.26Loyal Subordinate ($0.26), in 3,801 of 6,063 decks
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  $0.34Labyrinth Raptor ($0.34), Maestros Charm ($0.22) and Talisman of Creativity ($1.43): with Loyal Subordinate, $2.25 for four cards
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  $5.23Sygg, River Cutthroat ($5.23) and Court of Ambition ($5.80): both care about the same 3 life a turn as Davros

Buy or skip: buy if you want the villains or the Cybermen cards. The deck holds $166.64 of cards for $121.79, and 26 of them are worth $1 or more. Skip it if you only want its three best cards (Cybermen Squadron, Cyberman Patrol and Auton Soldier cost $52.11 as singles) or only want a deck to play: Paradox Power costs less than half.

Buy Masters of Evil on TCGplayer ($121.79 market, 10 Nov 2026)

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Blast from the Past (The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith)

Commanders: The Fourth Doctor, {2}{G}{U}, 4/4, and Sarah Jane Smith, {1}{W}, 2/1 Other Doctors in the deck: the First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Colours: Bant (green, white, blue) Price: $59.61 sealed, $103.67 in cards (1.74×)

Strategy. Historic spells: artifacts, legendaries and Sagas. The Fourth Doctor lets you look at the top card of your library at any time and, once each turn, play a historic land or cast a historic spell from the top; when you do, you get a Food token. Sarah Jane Smith investigates once each turn when you cast a historic spell, which makes a Clue. The pair draws cards and makes tokens, and doesn't attack much.

What's in it. 27 creatures, 13 artifacts, 11 enchantments (8 of them Sagas), 7 sorceries, 6 instants and 36 lands (7 of them basics). 49 of the 64 nonland cards are historic, and 26 of the creatures are legendary. Key cards:

• Displaced Dinosaurs: every historic permanent you play becomes a 7/7 Dinosaur creature as well. This is the deck's finisher and its second most valuable card.
• City of Death: a six-chapter Saga that makes a Treasure, then copies a token of yours five times.
• K-9, Mark I: one mana, gives your other legendary creatures ward {1} while it is untapped, and is a companion.
• Heroic Intervention, Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Time Wipe and Three Visits among the reprints.

Most valuable cards (TCGplayer market, 10 November 2026):

• Heroic Intervention$17.94 on 10 Nov 2026
• Displaced Dinosaurs$16.05 on 10 Nov 2026
• Three Visits$5.35 on 10 Nov 2026
• Deserted Beach$4.42 on 10 Nov 2026
• City of Death$4.08 on 10 Nov 2026

The top ten add up to $64.69, and the first two cards are $33.99 of that. Take those two out and the other 98 cards are worth $69.68. The foil Fourth Doctor is a $0.23 card and the foil Sarah Jane Smith $0.32.

Strength. Draftsim liked this one least: "It's not bad, and the reprint value is acceptable, but it's just not interesting to me." Its specific complaint is that the deck is good at making Clues and Food "but it feels short on meaningful things to do with those tokens", with payoffs such as Displaced Dinosaurs and Nyssa of Traken that are "sparse otherwise". It also warns of "a lot of fiddly pieces". None of its cards is a Game Changer on Scryfall (11 November 2026).

Upgrades. The Fourth Doctor with Sarah Jane Smith leads 1,149 decks on EDHREC (rank #1,601, 11 November 2026), the fewest of the four. What those players add fixes the problem Draftsim names, by giving the tokens a job (Scryfall prices, same day):

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  $8.46Academy Manufactor ($8.46), in 796 of 1,149 decks: each Clue, Food or Treasure you make becomes one of each
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  $0.78Peregrin Took ($0.78) and Samwise Gamgee ($1.92): extra Food
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  $0.25Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage ($0.25): cast historic spells at instant speed
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  $0.34Lonis, Cryptozoologist ($0.34): a Clue for each nontoken creature you play
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  $9.35Jaheira, Friend of the Forest ($9.35): your tokens tap for green mana

The four cheapest of those cost $3.29 together.

Buy or skip: buy if you want the classic Doctors, or a base for a legends or Saga deck. It has the best ratio of the four. Skip it if you want the strongest deck for about $60: that's Paradox Power.

Buy Blast from the Past on TCGplayer ($59.61 market, 10 Nov 2026)

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Timey-Wimey (The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler)

Commanders: The Tenth Doctor, {3}{U}{R}, 3/5, and Rose Tyler, {1}{W}, 2/2 Other Doctors in the deck: The Ninth Doctor, The Eleventh Doctor, The War Doctor Colours: Jeskai (white, blue, red) Price: $146.50 sealed, $145.97 in cards (1.00×)

Strategy. Time counters. Whenever you attack, The Tenth Doctor exiles cards from the top of your library until he hits a nonland card, puts three time counters on it and gives it suspend, so you cast it free three turns later. For {7} he time travels three times: each time, you may add or remove a time counter on each suspended card you own and each permanent you control with time counters. Rose Tyler gets +1/+1 for each time counter on her, and adds one for each suspended card and each other permanent with time counters whenever she attacks.

What's in it. 24 creatures, 15 artifacts, 10 sorceries, 10 enchantments, 4 instants and 37 lands (9 of them basics). 34 of the 100 cards mention suspend, vanishing, time counters or time travel. Key cards:

• Everybody Lives!: for two mana, all creatures gain hexproof and indestructible, and no player can lose life, lose the game or win the game this turn.
• Dinosaurs on a Spaceship: suspend 4, and it makes a 2/2 flying, hasty Dinosaur every time a time counter comes off it in exile.
• Flesh Duplicate: a two-mana clone with vanishing 3. Time travel can keep adding counters to it.
• Nanogene Conversion: every other creature becomes a copy of one of yours until end of turn.
• Wedding Ring, War Room, As Foretold and Farewell among the reprints.

Most valuable cards (TCGplayer market, 10 November 2026):

• Everybody Lives!$16.52 on 10 Nov 2026
• Nanogene Conversion$10.59 on 10 Nov 2026
• Wedding Ring$9.48 on 10 Nov 2026
• Flesh Duplicate$8.97 on 10 Nov 2026
• Dinosaurs on a Spaceship$8.69 on 10 Nov 2026

The top ten add up to $80.20. The value is spread wider than in the other decks: 23 cards are worth $1 or more. The foil Tenth Doctor is a $0.41 card and the foil Rose Tyler $0.36.

Strength. Draftsim: "The value is phenomenal, the theme is fresh and exciting, and the cards are strong", with "a strike for being hostile towards newbies". The deck "takes time to do its thing, and it has a lot of moving pieces".

Bracket. Farewell is flagged as a Game Changer on Scryfall (11 November 2026), so the deck as it comes starts at Bracket 3. It's the only one of the four with a Game Changer. Swap Farewell for another board wipe to play at Bracket 2.

Upgrades. The Tenth Doctor with Rose Tyler leads 5,629 decks on EDHREC (rank #547, 11 November 2026), second of the four. This is the cheapest deck to upgrade, because old suspend cards cost cents (Scryfall prices, same day):

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  $0.33Rousing Refrain ($0.33), in 3,814 of 5,629 decks
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  $0.47Jhoira of the Ghitu ($0.47), in 3,725: suspends any nonland card from your hand
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  $0.99Sol Talisman ($0.99), Chronomantic Escape ($0.89), Jhoira's Timebug ($0.31) and Ancestral Vision ($0.26)

All six cost $3.25 together.

Buy or skip: skip the sealed deck unless you want it sealed. At $146.50 you pay full price for the cards, and only $119.77 of the value is in cards worth $1 or more. If you want to play the deck, price the list as singles first: the 100 cards add up to $145.97, and 71 of them are under $0.50 each.

Buy Timey-Wimey on TCGplayer ($146.50 market, 10 Nov 2026)

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Which Doctor Who Precon Should You Buy?

The picks below are our reading of the 10 November prices, the EDHREC counts and Draftsim's review. They are not a measured ranking: we have no win-rate data for these decks.

• Paradox Power$58.16 market, 10 Nov 2026
• Blast from the Past$59.61 market, 10 Nov 2026
• Masters of Evil$121.79 market, 10 Nov 2026
• Timey-Wimey$146.50 market, 10 Nov 2026

Which Doctor Who deck is best for beginners?

None is a good first deck. Draftsim calls them "the most complex Commander precons I've ever seen" and says "this is not a beginner's product". If a Doctor Who fan is learning Magic with one of these, Masters of Evil is the one to pick: it has a single commander and one main rule to track, the 3 life a turn. Paradox Power and Timey-Wimey each use many keywords at once. For simpler first decks, see the Commander precons hub.

What bracket are the Doctor Who precons?

We checked all four decklists on Scryfall on 11 November 2026. Blast from the Past, Paradox Power and Masters of Evil have no Game Changers, so on paper they can play at Bracket 2 as they come. Timey-Wimey has Farewell, which puts it at Bracket 3 until you swap that card out.

Which commander do players build most?

EDHREC deck counts on 11 November 2026:

The two decks players build most are the two that cost the most sealed.

Should You Buy All Four Doctor Who Decks?

A sealed display of all four decks had a TCGplayer market price of $336.03 on 10 November 2026 (lowest listing $308.86), against $386.06 for the four bought one at a time. The 400 cards inside added up to $515.22.

That saves about $50, but most of the cost is Timey-Wimey and Masters of Evil. The two cheap decks together cost $117.77. All four makes sense for a group that wants the matched set to play against each other, with the Planechase cards. If you play alone, buy one deck and spend the difference on its upgrades. Buying one as a present? Our MTG gifts guide has other picks by budget, and our guides to sleeves and deck boxes cover 100-card decks.

How to Upgrade the Doctor Who Precons on a Budget

Every deck's most-played additions on EDHREC include cards under $1 (Scryfall prices, 11 November 2026):

• $3.25Timey-Wimey Rousing Refrain, Jhoira of the Ghitu, Sol Talisman, Chronomantic Escape, Jhoira's Timebug and Ancestral Vision, $3.25 for all six.
• $1.62Paradox Power Etali, Primal Storm, Doc Aurlock, Laelia and Maelstrom Wanderer, $1.62 for all four.
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  $2.25Masters of Evil Loyal Subordinate, Labyrinth Raptor, Maestros Charm and Talisman of Creativity, $2.25 for all four.
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  $3.29Blast from the Past Peregrin Took, Samwise Gamgee, Raff Capashen and Lonis, $3.29 for all four. Academy Manufactor ($8.46) is the one card most of these decks add.

You can also swap commanders without buying anything. Any of the Doctors in these decks (all are Time Lord Doctor creatures) pairs with any card that has Doctor's companion, so the other Doctors and companions in your box are alternative builds. Most players keep a companion: EDHREC's single-commander pages for The Tenth Doctor and The Thirteenth Doctor list 99 and 25 decks, against 5,629 and 1,919 for the pairs.

Conclusion: Start With Paradox Power

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Citations & Resources

• Wizards of the Coast: Magic: The Gathering – Doctor Who Commander decklists (release date, foil and display commanders, Planechase cards)
• Wizards of the Coast: Doctor Who product page (100-card decks, 50 new cards each)
• MTGJSON: deck list and the four WHO deck files (card printings, composition, card text)
• tcgcsv.com: TCGplayer market and lowest prices, Universes Beyond: Doctor Who (pulled 11 November 2026; snapshot of 10 November)
• Scryfall: Doctor Who card text, Game Changer flags and upgrade prices (11 November 2026)
• EDHREC: Davros, Dalek Creator (11 November 2026)
• EDHREC: The Tenth Doctor + Rose Tyler (11 November 2026)
• EDHREC: The Thirteenth Doctor + Yasmin Khan (11 November 2026)
• EDHREC: The Fourth Doctor + Sarah Jane Smith (11 November 2026)
• EDHREC: The Tenth Doctor, single-commander page, The Thirteenth Doctor, single-commander page (11 November 2026)
• Draftsim: Doctor Who Commander decks review (updated 8 May 2026)
• Playgroup.gg: Commander precon win rates (updated 11 November 2026; the Doctor Who decks are not in the ranking)

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