Generous Patron
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
When this creature enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)
Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature you don't control, draw a card.
Combos with Generous Patron
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Lyla, Holographic Assistant Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite draw triggers
- Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature an opponent controls
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
7 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2018-06-08
Generous Patron's last ability triggers even if the counters you put on another player's creatures aren't +1/+1 counters.
- 2018-06-08
If a creature enters the battlefield with counters under another player's control, that player is the player who puts those counters on it, even if you control the spell or ability putting that creature onto the battlefield.
- 2018-06-08
You can't put more than one +1/+1 counter on any one target using the support action.
- 2018-06-08
If you put one or more counters on multiple creatures you don't control at the same time, such as by supporting two different creatures you don't control, Generous Patron's last ability triggers for each of those creatures.
- 2018-06-08
If some, but not all, targets for a spell become illegal, the remaining targets are affected as appropriate. If all of a spell's targets become illegal, that spell doesn't resolve.
- 2018-06-08
Support can target a creature another player controls.
- 2018-06-08
If a spell with support has other abilities that target creatures, those abilities and the support ability can target the same creature.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Generous Patron, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidus, Yuna's Guardian | 2 | 0 | — |
| Tromell, Seymour's Butler | 1 | 2 | — |
| Auntie Ool, Cursewretch | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tidus, Blitzball Star | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Bant 2 decks
- Jund 1 deck
- Mono-Green 1 deck
- Azorius 1 deck
Generous Patron price history
The Battlebond #70 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $6.19 | $15.37 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $6.19 | $15.37 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $6.11 | $15.55 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $6.21 | $15.55 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $6.36 | $15.55 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $6.36 | $15.73 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $6.34 | $15.73 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $6.33 | $15.73 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $6.38 | $15.73 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $6.51 | $15.73 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $6.35 | $15.73 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $6.23 | $15.73 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $6.27 | $15.73 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $6.39 | $15.73 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $6.03 | $16.84 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $5.99 | $16.84 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $5.74 | $16.84 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Generous Patron
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.32
- Foil
- —
Extended Art
Secret Lair Drop
- Foil
- $40.13
Battlebond
- Normal
- $6.19
- Foil
- $15.37
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Generous Patron. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.