How it works
Prerequisites
- Genestealer Patriarch does not have summoning sickness.
- You control at least two additional creatures.
- An opponent controls a creature.
Steps
- 1Declare Genestealer Patriarch as an attacker.
- 2Genestealer Patriarch's first ability triggers, putting an infection counter on a creature an opponent controls.
- 3Cast Fate Transfer by paying , moving the infection counter from the opponent's creature onto another creature you control.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with an infection counter on it, adding .
- 5The creature dies, triggering Resourceful Defense and Genestealer Patriarch's second ability.
- 6Resolve the Resourceful Defense trigger, putting an infection counter onto another creature you control.
- 7Resolve the Genestealer Patriarch trigger, causing you to create a token copy of the sacrificed creature that is a Tyranid in addition to its other types.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
Commander brackets
In which brackets is this combo allowed, per Spellbook's Exhibition tier?