Genestealer Patriarch

Genestealer Patriarch

Creature — Tyranid

Set

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40k)

Rarity

Rare

Mana Cost
4 U
Price · Cardmarket trend

€0.46

Artist

Games Workshop

Power / Toughness

4 / 4

Cardmarket trend via Scryfall, as of 10/28/2026. May differ from the actual price.

Oracle 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.

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Rulings (6)

  • Wizards of the Coast
    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.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    If the copied creature had X in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • 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.
  • Wizards of the Coast
    If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Other Printings

Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40k)