Genestealer Patriarch

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #22 · Rare · Creature — Tyranid

Mana cost: {4}{U}

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.

Power/toughness 4/4 · Illustrated by Games Workshop · Released October 7, 2022

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.01 USD (2.7%) to $0.38 USD; low $0.37 USD, high $0.38 USD.

Printings

  1. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #22 (this printing) · Rare · 2022 · $0.38 USD
  2. Warhammer 40,000 Commander #22★ (40K) · Rare · 2022 · $0.87 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2022-10-07 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2022-10-07 · wotc — If the copied creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  3. 2022-10-07 · wotc — The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it exists in the graveyard.
  4. 2022-10-07 · wotc — If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.
  5. 2022-10-07 · wotc — 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.
  6. 2022-10-07 · wotc — 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.

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