Genestealer Patriarch
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Warhammer 40,000 Commander40K · #22
- Card type
- Creature — Tyranid
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.21 € · 0.38 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Genestealer's Kiss — Whenever this creature attacks, put an infection counter on target creature defending player controls. Children of the Cult — Whenever a creature with an infection counter on it dies, you create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a Tyranid in addition to its other types.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Games Workshop
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2022-10-07
Rulings
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the creature will also work.
If the copied creature had in its mana cost, X is 0.
If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.
If you control more than one Genestealer Patriarch as a creature with an infection counter on it dies, each one's ability will trigger, and you will make two tokens that are copies of it.
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that had changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it exists in the graveyard.