Commander

The Second Doctor

Global commander stats

All Azorius commanders

235 Wins

575 Losses

Overview

Summary

The Second Doctor is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 815 recorded Playgroup games, winning 28% of them (235–575) at an Elo of 1,468, ranking #4237 globally.

Wins average 10 turns, with 599526 damage dealt and 0.48 player kills per game on average.

Last full refresh 22 Oct 2026

Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is The Second Doctor's win rate?

The Second Doctor has a 28% win rate across 815 recorded Playgroup games (235 wins, 575 losses).

How long do winning games with The Second Doctor take?

Wins with The Second Doctor take on average 10 turns. Total tracked play time: 3 months.

How many decks use The Second Doctor?

282 decks list The Second Doctor as their commander on Playgroup, of which 188 have played at least one recorded game.

The Second Doctor Magic: The Gathering commander card art

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Global rank

4237

Wins by turn (avg.)

Elo rating

1468

Trend

Global Elo trend

Trend

Commander popularity trend

Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 599526

Average commander damage per game 7

Average poison counters given per game 2

Average kills per game 0.48

Average turn length 17 minutes

No. decks for this commander 282

No. decks with at least one game for this commander 188

No. games played with this commander 815

Total hours played 3 months

Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank	Elo	User	Games	Wins	Winrate
1	1622	EmeraldEmber	15	6	40 %
2	1578	Samuel S	16	7	44 %
3	1571	Lord Job	18	7	39 %
4	1562	Christopher Allpress	5	3	75 %
5	1545	Lt.Crunch01	13	5	38 %

Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When The Second Doctor wins, 29.44% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat

29.44%

Non Combat Damage

28.89%

Alternative

22.22%

Commander Damage

8.33%

Combo

5.56%

Mill

5.56%

Avg win turn 9.7 based on 242 wins with recorded turn counts

Measured

Staples that win games for The Second Doctor

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with The Second Doctor decks that leave them out.

+10.1 pp

Top card: Prairie Stream

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
1	Prairie Stream 157 games	+10.1 pp	157
2	Reins of Power 79 games	+6.7 pp	79
3	Kwain, Itinerant Meddler 111 games	+6.1 pp	111
4	Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse 78 games	+5.3 pp	78
5	Glacial Fortress 161 games	+4.9 pp	161
6	Irrigated Farmland 80 games	+3.3 pp	80
7	Adarkar Wastes 105 games	+3.2 pp	105
8	Mountain 91 games	+3.0 pp	91
9	Sonic Screwdriver Signature build 63 games · Signature build	+1.8 pp	63
10	Narset's Reversal Signature build 60 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	60

Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)

#	Card	Lift Win-rate lift	Games
11	Talisman of Creativity Signature build 60 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	60
12	Monologue Tax Signature build 60 games · Signature build	+1.6 pp	60
13	Reverse the Polarity Signature build 64 games · Signature build	+1.3 pp	64
14	Homunculus Horde 78 games	+0.5 pp	78
15	Port Town 92 games	+0.4 pp	92

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

The Second Doctor wins 32.37% of games from position 1 and 0.0% from position 6 across tracked games.

Seat 1

32.37% n=241

Seat 2

31.0% n=229

Seat 3

27.32% n=183

Seat 4

23.31% n=148

Seat 5

10.0% n=20

Seat 6

0.0% n=2

Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, The Second Doctor wins 31.07% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 6 mulligans.

0 mulligans

31.07% n=346

1 mulligan

24.36% n=156

2 mulligans

25.58% n=43

3 mulligans

28.57% n=7

4 mulligans

66.67% n=3

5 mulligans

33.33% n=3

6 mulligans

0.0% n=1

Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with The Second Doctor 4.03/5 on average, across 623 self-reports.

4.03 / 5

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Opponent salt

When The Second Doctor wins, opponents flag the game as salty 41.6% of the time across 243 tracked wins.

41.6 \%

Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against The Second Doctor. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.