Vislor Turlough
Mana Cost:
Type: Legendary Creature — Rogue
Oracle Text:
Deal with the Black Guardian — When Vislor Turlough enters, you may have an opponent gain control of it. If you do, it's goaded for as long as they control it.
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
Power/Toughness: 2/5
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (4) →
Expansion: Doctor Who
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Character Background
Vislor Turlough reads like a political toolbox and a value engine with a sting: as a 2/5 for {3}{B} he supports a midrange/control plan that skews toward multiplayer politics and incremental advantage rather than pure aggro or combo. The enter-the-battlefield “deal” lets you gift him to an opponent — he’s goaded so he becomes a temporary liability for them — and his end-step draw/hand‑size life loss turns that transfer into a weapon or a punishment depending on table dynamics. Build him into a politics/control Commander shell (you can pair him with the Doctor as your other commander) and lean into wheel effects and hand-sizing interactions: Underworld Dreams or The Rack makes an opponent’s extra draws painful, while Wheel of Fortune/Reforge the Soul or forced-draw chains amplify the damage. Deck tip: include targeted theft (Act of Treason-style effects) and blink/rescue tools so you can reclaim or reuse the entry clause, and pack life-buffering/removal answers to survive the inevitable self-damage swings.
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