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The Second Doctor

Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor2 generic manaWhite manaBlue mana

A pillow fort with an olive branch built in. Most defensive commanders in these colors punish the attacker: a fog effect, a tax, a fistful of counterspells. This one bribes them instead. The end-step trigger hands every opponent a card, and any opponent who accepts the gift has effectively signed a one-turn nonaggression pact against you and your board. The tension sits in that offer. A card is real value; refusing it to keep the option to swing is a genuine cost, so the ability turns the political table's usual "gang up on the archenemy" reflex into a per-player negotiation you set the terms of. Meanwhile you also draw, and because no player has a maximum hand size, the cards you rake in never rot. This plays as a puzzle rather than a lock: an opponent who is behind takes the card and waits; an opponent who is ahead and needs your specific removal off the board declines and comes at you anyway. The 2/4 body is small enough that it never presses for the kill on its own, which is precisely the design. Here is a commander built to keep the game going, refilling everyone's hand while quietly buying the pilot the time to assemble something the extra cards were always meant to find.

Oracle Text

Rules text

Players have no maximum hand size. How Civil of You — At the beginning of your end step, each player may draw a card. Each opponent who does can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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