---
name: "The War Games"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Saga"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Goad"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "30"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Bartek Fedyczak"
oracle_id: "d7cfe3a3-e8e6-446d-a855-46c845f657fa"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-war-games-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The War Games
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Saga
- **Keywords:** Goad

## Oracle Text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Each player creates three tapped 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens. The tokens are goaded for as long as this Saga remains on the battlefield.
II, III — Put a +1/+1 counter on each Warrior creature.
IV — You may exile a nontoken creature you control. When you do, exile all Warriors.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battle for Bretagard](/printing/battle-for-bretagard-pkhm.md) — Enchantment — Saga
2. [Yotia Declares War](/printing/yotia-declares-war-dmu.md) — Enchantment — Saga
3. [The Akroan War](/printing/the-akroan-war-thb.md) — Enchantment — Saga
4. [Birth of the Imperium](/printing/birth-of-the-imperium-40k.md) — Enchantment — Saga
5. [Ajani Fells the Godsire](/printing/ajani-fells-the-godsire-mh3.md) — Enchantment — Saga
6. [The First Tyrannic War](/printing/the-first-tyrannic-war-40k.md) — Enchantment — Saga

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #30
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Bartek Fedyczak
- **Total Printings:** 5 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`