Genesis of the Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks: Enchantment - Saga, Doctor Who. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Enchantment - Saga
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Doctor Who (WHO)
- Released
- 2023-10-13
- Collector number
- 69
- Artist
- Dominik Mayer
- Commander rank
- 7,785 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Genesis of the Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 69 in that set, with art by Dominik Mayer. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
(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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Genesis of the Daleks 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 Genesis of the Daleks
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who (WHO) #674 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Genesis of the Daleks, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- When a player faces a villainous choice, they first choose one of the two options, then all actions in the chosen option are performed.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Genesis of the Daleks is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.