---
name: "The First Doctor"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "128"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kieran Yanner"
oracle_id: "5611b70d-f8d1-4a8f-b9a2-a356264a7c46"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-first-doctor-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The First Doctor
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
When The First Doctor enters, search your library and/or graveyard for a card named TARDIS, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
Whenever you cast a spell with cascade, put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact or creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Fourteenth Doctor](/printing/the-fourteenth-doctor-sld.md) — Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
2. [The Ninth Doctor](/printing/the-ninth-doctor-who.md) — Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
3. [The Seventh Doctor](/printing/the-seventh-doctor-who.md) — Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
4. [The Twelfth Doctor](/printing/the-twelfth-doctor-who.md) — Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor
5. [TARDIS](/printing/tardis-who.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
6. [The Thirteenth Doctor](/printing/the-thirteenth-doctor-who.md) — Legendary Creature — Time Lord Doctor

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #128
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kieran Yanner
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`