Doctor Who comes to Magic: The Gathering with different decks for every era

polygon.com:

Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, and for fans of the show and of Magic: The Gathering, Wizards of the Coast will honor that anniversary with a crossover collection of cards. As part of the Universes Beyond line, the Doctor Who-themed card collection includes four Commander decks, collector boosters, and Secret Lair versions of certain cards — these are limited-time, print-on-demand cards with alternate art.

Polygon got an advance look at the cards to be included in MTG’s Doctor Who extravaganza, all of which are available for pre-order and will be released Oct. 13.

Gavin Verhey, who serves as a principal Magic designer at Wizards of the Coast, also happens to be a Whovian. In a video call with press in late September, he described his excitement at the crossover: “When I was told we were doing this project, my first reaction was actually to laugh, because I thought it was a prank. I’m like, Well, they couldn’t have just picked my favorite show in the world to do a Universe Beyond of. What am I actually gonna be working on? And they were like, ‘Oh, no, no, really — we really are doing Doctor Who.’ And I was ecstatic.”

Verhey went on to explain the team’s decision to release four different Commander decks, each with its own theme — separated according to “the way the fans identify themselves, which is to ask each other the question: ‘Who’s your Doctor? When did you start watching?’”

The four decks represent different eras of Doctor Who, starting with Blast from the Past, which contains “the first eight Doctors, so kinda the classic run of the show,” as Verhey put it. Then there’s Timey-Wimey, comprised of the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors, representing the 2005-era relaunch of the TV show. The