Generous Patron
Generous Patron: Creature - Elf Advisor, Battlebond. When this creature enters, support 2. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Elf Advisor
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 1/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Battlebond (BBD)
- Released
- 2018-06-08
- Collector number
- 70
- Artist
- Lucas Graciano
- Commander rank
- 3,396 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Support
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About Generous Patron
Generous Patron is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Battlebond (BBD), a draft-focused set released in June 2018. It is collector number 70 in that set, with art by Lucas Graciano. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Battlebond (2018) to Final Fantasy Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.86 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.86 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Generous Patron by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Generous Patron
Generous Patron has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #305 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #768 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Generous Patron, newest first.
- 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.
- Support can target a creature another player controls.
- Generous Patron's last ability triggers even if the counters you put on another player's creatures aren't +1/+1 counters.
- You can't put more than one +1/+1 counter on any one target using the support action.
- If a spell with support has other abilities that target creatures, those abilities and the support ability can target the same creature.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Generous Patron is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.