The Master, Mesmerist
Doctor Who 145 • rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Collector number
- 145
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Erion Makuo
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
tap: Target creature an opponent controls with power less than or equal to The Master's power gains skulk until end of turn. Goad it. (A creature with skulk can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Whenever a creature with skulk deals combat damage to one of your opponents, put a +1/+1 counter on The Master and draw a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Master, Mesmerist is a card from the Doctor Who trading card series, released to coincide with the long-running British science fiction program. The card depicts the iconic antagonist, the Master, specifically drawing inspiration from the character's recurring role as a manipulative, hypnotic genius who serves as a dark foil to the Doctor. The design focuses on the character's ability to exert psychological control, a trait established early in the series and consistently revisited by various actors portraying the villain over several decades.
The imagery and composition are intended to evoke the unsettling, cerebral nature of the character's interactions with the Time Lord. While these trading cards are primarily produced as memorabilia for fans of the franchise, the artistic interpretation of the Master in this set reflects the stylistic consistency required by the licensing guidelines of the BBC. It was generally received by collectors as a quintessential piece of character portraiture, valued more for its thematic representation of the villain’s mesmerism than for any specific narrative reveal within the show's canon.
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