Genesis of the Daleks
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III — Create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace for each lore counter on Genesis of the Daleks.
IV — Target opponent faces a villainous choice — Destroy all Dalek creatures and each of your opponents loses life equal to the total power of Daleks that died this turn, or destroy all non-Dalek creatures.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-10-13
A player facing a villainous choice can always choose either option, even if one or both of the options are impossible. For example, if one of the options is to sacrifice a creature, a player who controls no creatures can still choose that option.
- 2023-10-13
If a spell or ability requires multiple players to face a villainous choice, the result is a little different from other effects in Magic. In that case, the first player in turn order makes their choice and the action for that choice is performed before the next player makes their choice. Then each of the remaining players repeat this process in turn order.
- 2023-10-13
When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Genesis of the Daleks, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davros, Dalek Creator | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tom Bombadil | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Grixis 1 deck
- Five-Color 1 deck
Every version of Genesis of the Daleks
2 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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
- Foil
- $10.31
- Normal
- $0.41
- Foil
- $1.62
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Genesis of the Daleks — a name search across every version, for 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.
