Monkey’s Paw Chapter 3: Gallifreyan Dumpster Fire by truth285

Format: Commander

Commander: Aragorn, the Uniter

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck combines four-color historic synergies with Doctor Who tribal mechanics, helmed by Aragorn, the Uniter. The primary strategy leverages dense early ramp to cast Aragorn or value-generating Time Lords like The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith on turn 4. Once established, the deck converts historic casts, Doctor creature spells, and multicolor triggers into steady card advantage, Clue tokens, and board presence. Dedicated saga tutors such as The Eleventh Hour and An Unearthly Child search up specific Doctors to assemble a wide legendary board. The deck reaches a must-answer state on turn 6 through high-impact finishers like Heroes' Podium, which provides massive power buffs to legendary creatures, or The Five Doctors, which floods the battlefield. Lethal combat damage closes out the table across turns 6 to 8. Strong recursion from Gallifrey Stands and The Eighth Doctor provides engine resilience against board wipes, though the deck remains vulnerable to stack interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 An Unearthly Child
  • 1 Aragorn, the Uniter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Banish to Another Universe
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clara Oswald
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fractured Powerstone
  • 1 Fugitive of the Judoon
  • 1 Gallifrey Council Chamber
  • 1 Gallifrey Stands
  • 1 Heaven Sent
  • 1 Heroes' Podium
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Ichor Elixir
  • 1 Into the Time Vortex
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jenny, Generated Anomaly
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jhoira of the Ghitu
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Laser Screwdriver
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Regenerations Restored
  • 1 River Song
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rose Noble
  • 1 Rotating Fireplace
  • 1 Sarah Jane Smith
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sonic Screwdriver
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Start the TARDIS
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Susan Foreman
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 TARDIS
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 The Caves of Androzani
  • 1 The Day of the Doctor
  • 1 The Eighth Doctor
  • 1 The Eleventh Doctor
  • 1 The Eleventh Hour
  • 1 The Fifteenth Doctor
  • 1 The Fifth Doctor
  • 1 The First Doctor
  • 1 The Five Doctors
  • 1 The Fourteenth Doctor
  • 1 The Fourth Doctor
  • 1 The Fugitive Doctor
  • 1 The Girl in the Fireplace
  • 1 The Moment
  • 1 The Ninth Doctor
  • 1 The Second Doctor
  • 1 The Seventh Doctor
  • 1 The Sixth Doctor
  • 1 The Tenth Doctor
  • 1 The Third Doctor
  • 1 The Thirteenth Doctor
  • 1 The Twelfth Doctor
  • 1 The War Doctor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Lord Regeneration
  • 1 Trenzalore Clocktower
  • 1 Twice Upon a Time // Unlikely Meeting
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-wimey