K-9, Mark I

Gameplan

Pair K-9 with a Doctor (or another Time Lord/legendary-matters commander) and slip your key legendary attacker through unblocked while protecting your board with ward. K-9 is a cheap, evasive enabler that turns a single big legend into a reliable damage engine, then closes via commander damage or counter-doubling Doctors. Turn to turn you develop legends, protect them with ward, and use the unblockable activation to push lethal or land triggered abilities.

Key Cards

• The Tenth Doctor — Suspend-based partner whose time counters and combat triggers love being unblockable via K-9.
• The Fourth Doctor — Rewards spending mana before attacking and wants reliable combat damage that K-9 guarantees.
• The Thirteenth Doctor — Doctor with strong card advantage that pairs naturally with K-9's protection.
• Rite of Replication — Kicked copies and other clone effects multiply your legends, all benefiting from ward.
• Swiftfoot Boots — Stacks hexproof and haste onto your Doctor so the unblockable attacker survives spot removal.
• Cyberman Patrol — Mono-blue legendary support that synergizes with the legends-matter shell.

Upgrade Path

Lean into the best damage-doubling and counter-amplifying Doctor partner, then add evasion-stacking and protection like Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention's blue analogs, and clones to fork your threat. Tighten the manabase with fast mana (Sol Ring, Mana Crypt) and add efficient counterspells (Swan Song, Fierce Guardianship) so you can defend the unblockable kill. For higher power, include extra-combat or extra-turn effects to convert a single unblockable attack into a one-shot.