The Dalek Emperor
Mana Cost:
Type: Legendary Artifact Creature — Dalek
Oracle Text:
Affinity for Daleks (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Dalek you control.)
Other Daleks you control have haste.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each opponent faces a villainous choice — That player sacrifices a creature of their choice, or you create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace.
Power/Toughness: 6/6
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Doctor Who
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Character Background
The Dalek Emperor is pure Totalitarian leverage: even before combat he pressures the table with Affinity, getting cheaper the more of your own Daleks are already in play—so the best build leans hard on fast, redundant Dalek count (think low-cost Dalek ramp pieces and efficient bodies) rather than sprinkling in a few late-game threats. Once it hits, other Daleks you control gain haste, turning your established board into an immediate threat and letting you chain attacks and token production on the same turn. Then the villainous choice hits each opponent at the start of combat: either they sacrifice a creature (often the best blocker or engine piece) or you create 3/3 menace Dalek tokens, which can snowball into a lethal swarm. This card supports a tempo-control hybrid—denying opponent resources every combat while you keep deploying pressure—so prioritize synergy that floods the board quickly and rewards sticking Daleks through removal, like cards that protect, recur, or buff your artifacts/Daleks.
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