Palani's Hatcher
Palani's Hatcher: Creature - Dinosaur, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. Other Dinosaurs you control have haste. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{G}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Dinosaur
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Power / toughness
- 5/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 237
- Artist
- Aaron Miller
- Commander rank
- 3,793 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Palani's Hatcher
Palani's Hatcher is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red and green creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI), an expansion set released in November 2023. It is collector number 237 in that set, with art by Aaron Miller. It costs {3}{R}{G} (three generic, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/3 creature. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.67 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Other Dinosaurs you control have haste.
When this creature enters, create two 0/1 green Dinosaur Egg creature tokens.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control one or more Eggs, sacrifice an Egg, then create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.67 (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 Palani's Hatcher by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Palani's Hatcher
Palani's Hatcher has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #332 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #237p | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #237s | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Palani's Hatcher.
- Palani's Hatcher's last ability counts any creature you control with the creature type Egg, not just the tokens Palani's Hatcher creates.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.