Start the TARDIS
~$0.32 low · ~$4.16 high
Blue. Sorcery
Doctor Who #56 · Illustrated by Mandy Jurgens
Doctor Who #56 · Illustrated by Mandy JurgensWhat is Start the TARDIS worth?
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Oracle text
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.)
Format legality
All 2 printings of Start the TARDIS
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Doctor Who who #56· 2023uncommon· Cardmarket €0.25 · €0.60 foil | uncommon | $0.32 | $0.63 | €0.25€0.60 foil | |
 Doctor Who who #661· 2023Surge Foiluncommon· Cardmarket €2.22 foil | uncommon | No non-foil printing | $4.16 | €2.22 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2023
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #13,625 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Surveil, Jump, Jump-start
- Artist
- Mandy Jurgens
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Doctor Who card (#56).
0056 · WHO · U · EN
- 0056Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- WHOSet code for Doctor Who
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (7)
2023-10-13
When casting a spell with jump-start, you must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using jump-start only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
2023-10-13
If an effect allows you to pay an alternative cost rather than a spell's mana cost, you may pay that alternative cost when you jump-start a spell. You'll still discard a card as an additional cost to cast it.
2023-10-13
If a card with jump-start is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.
2023-10-13
You may planeswalk only in games using the Planechase variant. If you are instructed to planeswalk in any other game, nothing happens.
2023-10-13
A spell cast using jump-start will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, it's countered, or it leaves the stack in some other way.
2024-01-12
You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.
2024-01-12
When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
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