Patriarch's Bidding
Onslaught 161 • rare
- Set
- Onslaught
- Collector number
- 161
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Ben Thompson
- Market price
- $10.05
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 released in 2002 as part of the Onslaught expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a centerpiece of the tribal mechanics introduced in this set, the sorcery was designed to reward players for building decks focused on specific creature types, allowing them to bring back all creatures of a chosen type from their graveyards to the battlefield. This reflected the set's broader design philosophy of incentivizing synergy over individual card power.
The card features illustration by artist Adam Rex, who provided the haunting, atmospheric visual style common to the gothic and tribal themes of the Onslaught block. Upon its release, it became a staple in casual tribal play and eventually found a significant place in the Commander format, where its ability to swing the momentum of a late-game board state is highly valued by players who enjoy recursive graveyard strategies.
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