---
name: "The Master, Formed Anew"
mana_cost: "{U}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Time Lord Rogue"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Body Thief"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "143"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Simon Dominic"
oracle_id: "e7828284-543d-4f8b-9c5e-a8f082010398"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-master-formed-anew-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Master, Formed Anew
- **Mana Cost:** `{U}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Time Lord Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1
- **Keywords:** Body Thief

## Oracle Text
Body Thief — When you cast this spell, you may exile a creature you control and put a takeover counter on it.
You may have The Master enter as a copy of a creature card in exile with a takeover counter on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Master, Gallifrey's End](/printing/the-master-gallifreys-end-who.md) — Legendary Creature — Time Lord Rogue
2. [Identity Thief](/printing/identity-thief-pemn.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Master Thief](/printing/master-thief-znc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
4. [Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic](/printing/taskmaster-mercenary-mimic-msh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Villain
5. [Body Double](/printing/body-double-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [The Master, Transcendent](/printing/the-master-transcendent-pip.md) — Legendary Artifact Creature — Mutant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #143
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Simon Dominic
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`