The 2023 Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who foil card Start the TARDis (WHO 56) is an uncommon sorcery featuring surveil and jump-start mechanics.
Start the TARDIS
2023 • Magic: The Gathering • Doctor Who
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The 2023 Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who expansion brings a unique crossover element to the trading card game, and Start the TARDis stands out as a distinct addition for fans and players alike. Identified as card number 56 in the WHO set, this uncommon sorcery card features a striking foil finish that enhances its visual appeal within the collection. Designed by artist Mandy Jurgens, the card captures the essence of the crossover collaboration, offering a tangible piece of this special release for enthusiasts of both the game and the source material. From a gameplay perspective, Start the TARDis offers strategic depth with its versatile abilities. Costing one blue mana and one generic mana, this sorcery allows players to surveil two, meaning you can look at the top two cards of your library and place any number of them into your graveyard while keeping the rest on top. Following this, you draw a card, maintaining hand size and resource flow. A key feature of this card is its jump-start ability, which permits casting it from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to its mana cost. Once played this way, the card is exiled, providing a secondary chance to utilize its effects if it ends up in your discard pile. For collectors, the combination of the Doctor Who theme and the foil treatment makes this card a notable item. The WHO set code helps in organizing and tracking cards within the Magic: The Gathering catalog. Whether you are building a themed deck, completing the Doctor Who subset, or simply acquiring cards with unique mechanics, Start the TARDis represents a well-integrated part of the 2023 release. Its dual functionality—standard sorcery effects and graveyard recursion via jump-start—adds layers of interest for those analyzing card interactions. The foil variant specifically adds a layer of prestige, making it a desirable component for display or collection purposes within the broader Magic: The Gathering universe.
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Start the TARDIS
Game
Magic: The Gathering
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Uncommon
Mandy Jurgens
Card Stock
English
Foil
{1}{U}
Sorcery
U
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Surveil 2, then draw a card. You may planeswalk. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)










