Magic: The Gathering's New Doctor Who Set Will Cover All of Time and Space

The first deck, Blast From the Past, will cover the entire classic era of the series—including cards depicting the first eight incarnations of the Doctor, with a focus on Green, White, and Blue-mana cards.

Of course, one of the most iconic of all Doctors, Tom Baker, will feature prominently.

But it’s not just the Doctor getting in on the fun—beloved companions like Sarah Jane will also get their own cards.

To reflect Doctor Who’s history of iconic duos, the decks in the Universes Beyond: Doctor Who release will feature a Commander-format-specific mechanic, appropriately called “Doctor’s Companion.” It’s pretty simple: if your deck’s commander is an incarnation of the Doctor, you can have a second commander if they’re one of their many allies from over the years.

The next deck, a Blue/Red/White deck, is called Timey-Wimey and focuses primarily on the 21st century era of Doctor Who. Cards will focus on the Ninth, 10th, and 11th Doctors and their adventures.

Of course, David Tennant’s 10th Doctor—not to be confused with David Tennant’s 14th Doctor, naturally—will be a big draw here.

The third deck will round out the current Doctor Who in a Green/Blue/Red deck called Paradox Power, focusing on the 12th and 13th Doctors. Sorry, no Ncuti Gatwa teases just yet!

The 13th Doctor is naturally being her inventive self in her card art.

As we’ve run out of Doctors, the fourth deck in the series—and the only one to feature Black mana cards, alongside Blue and Red—will cover Doctor Who’s iconic villains, with a focus on the Master, the Daleks, and the Cybermen.

Including Davros, of course!

How do you do land cards for a Doctor Who set? Take a Magic land and put a TARDIS on it! Simple, yet brillaint.

It seems that some cards will be themed around iconic episodes instead of just characters and creatures, if this gorgeous imagining of the Ninth Doctor’s swansong is anything to go by.

Doctor Who’s setting-hopping storytelling format makes a perfect way to use Magic’s “Planechase” format—a specialized game mode where designated plane cards like this Lux Foundation Library introduce random modifications to the rules of play.

On top of the four decks, there will also be special (and pricey) “Collector” tier-boosters for Universes Beyond: Doctor Who, featuring alternate art and foil versions of cards in the set.

Little was shown about what kinds of alt-cards fans can expect, beyond this lavish artwork of Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor.