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Doc Ock, Sinister Scientist

Doc Ock, Sinister Scientist

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain

Doc Ock wants a deck that fills its discard pile and plays cards back out of it. It also works in a deck built around Humans, Scientists or Villains.

  • Mana cost4 genericblue
  • Blue ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 5
  • RarityCommon

As long as there are eight or more cards in your graveyard, Doc Ock has base power and toughness 8/8.

As long as you control another Villain, Doc Ock has hexproof. (He can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

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Cards That Fit Doc Ock, Sinister Scientist

Picked for what they do in Doc Ock's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Doc Ock's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Commanders that share the most with Doc Ock, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Graveyard/Self-MillGraveyard decks fill their own graveyard on purpose, then play cards from it as if it were a second hand. Moving cards from the top of your own deck straight into the graveyard is called self-mill.Open the Graveyard/Self-Mill pageGraveyard PayoffRewards you for having cards in your graveyard, or uses them straight from there. Your graveyard is normally where cards go once they are finished with; these turn it into a second hand, and the fuller it is the better they get. Golgari Grave-Troll, SplinterfrightOpen the Graveyard Payoff pageVillainsVillains are mostly black creatures, including the supervillains of Magic's Marvel cards.Open the Villains page