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Genestealer Patriarch

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2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Genestealer Patriarch, Warhammer 40,000 Commander printing
Warhammer 40,000 Commander 40K · No. 22 2022-10-07

Card text

{4}{U}
Creature — Tyranid
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.
4 / 4
EDHREC rank #15778 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 2 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If the copied creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast

The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it exists in the graveyard.

2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast

If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.

2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2022-10-07 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Genestealer Patriarch, Warhammer 40,000 Commander printing
Warhammer 40,000 Commander
40K · #22
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Face to Face Games · Condition LP
Genestealer Patriarch, Warhammer 40,000 Commander printing
Warhammer 40,000 Commander
40K · #22★
Rare
∅ No QC price