Infernal Genesis
Infernal Genesis: Enchantment, Prophecy. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player mills a card. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Prophecy (PCY)
- Released
- 2000-06-05
- Collector number
- 68
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Keywords
- Mill
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About Infernal Genesis
Infernal Genesis is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from Prophecy (PCY), an expansion set released in June 2000. It is collector number 68 in that set, with art by Ron Spencer. 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, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. Prophecy is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.08 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player mills a card. Then they create X 1/1 black Minion creature tokens, where X is the milled card's mana value.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.08 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Infernal Genesis by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Infernal Genesis.
- If the card has no mana cost (for instance, if it's a land), then its mana value is 0. This means no tokens will be created.
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