Patriarch's Bidding
World Championship Decks 2003 we161 • rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2003
- Collector number
- we161
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Ben Thompson
- Finish
- Gold
What it does
Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.
"Family plots are so convenient."— Cabal Patriarch
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Patriarch's Bidding was originally printed in the Onslaught expansion of 2002, designed as a powerful tribal graveyard recursion spell. It reflects the set's focus on creature types, allowing players to return all creature cards of a chosen type from their graveyard to the battlefield, a mechanic that heavily influenced the competitive black-based tribal archetypes of the era.
The version from the 2003 World Championship Decks was selected for inclusion in the deck piloted by Carlos Romão. These decks were produced by Wizards of the Coast as accurate replicas of the lists played by top finishers at the World Championship, featuring unique gold borders and non-standard card backs to distinguish them from tournament-legal cards while preserving the aesthetic of the original illustrative work.
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