Doctor Strange, Surgeon

Doctor Strange, Surgeon

Legendary Creature — Human Doctor Hero

Mana cost: {4}{W}

How we read this card

Lifelink
If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

static — gains you twice that much life

At the beginning of each combat, if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance until end of turn.

triggered — gives +2/+2

triggered — grants a keyword

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: gain life.

Cares about: the beginning of combat, life is gained.

Works well with

a nontoken Hero enters the battlefield — 358 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

  1. Black Panther, Vanguard — When Doctor Strange, Surgeon enters, Black Panther, Vanguard triggers

a Hero it boosts — 362 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Avengers Assemble! — Avengers Assemble! gives Doctor Strange, Surgeon bigger stats

361 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Hero creature it grants types to — 371 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Spider-Suit — Spider-Suit gives Doctor Strange, Surgeon an extra creature type

370 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Hero enters the battlefield — 375 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

When Doctor Strange, Surgeon enters:

  1. Hawkeye, Trick Shot — deals damage
  2. Captain America, Team Leader — grants haste and vigilance
  3. Nighthawk, Dark Defender — gives +1/+1
  4. Team Transmitter — gains you 1 life

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

When Doctor Strange, Surgeon gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human enters the battlefield — 4,639 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

When Doctor Strange, Surgeon enters:

  1. General Kudro of Drannith — hits a graveyard
  2. Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kyler, Sigardian Emissary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  7. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  8. Beregond of the Guard — gives +1/+1
  9. Théoden, King of Rohan — grants double strike
  10. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

When Doctor Strange, Surgeon attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

116 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

When Doctor Strange, Surgeon attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

181 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

When Doctor Strange, Surgeon blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  5. Dwindle — kills a creature

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — When Doctor Strange, Surgeon attacks, Mardu Ascendancy makes a token

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

When Doctor Strange, Surgeon enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

302 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Doctor Strange is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Doctor Strange, Surgeon enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

47 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.