First printed in Judgment (2002)

All 8 prints

Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #2002, 2022
Modern Horizons (MH1) #166, 2019
Vintage Masters (VMA) #212, 2014 (digital)
Judge Gift Cards 2013 (J13) #5, 2013
Magic Online Theme Decks (TD0) #A73, 2010 (digital)
World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #bk117sb, 2002
World Championship Decks 2002 (WC02) #rl117, 2002
Judgment (JUD) #117, 2002

Genesis

Creature — Incarnation

At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature is in your graveyard, you may pay 2 generic Green . If you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 3.2% of Premodern decks played it (19 of 603). Most played in Golgari Midrange. In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (2 of 6150). Most played in Sidisi, Brood Tyrant.

Staple

Premodern staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#170)
Green, Creatures, Recursion

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

1 combo from Commander Spellbook.

Infinite turns, Lock: Fauna Shaman + Genesis + Timestream Navigator

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Premodern Other periods →

In 19 of 603 decks (3.2%).

Share of decks

3.2%

▲ 0.5 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

12 main, 7 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.2

in the main deck

Win rate

59%

4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Midrange	1.7%	30%
Elves	1.5%	67%
WURG (unclassified)	1.5%	11%
BRG (unclassified)	1.0%	67%
RG (unclassified)	0.8%	60%
Madness	0.3%	50%
UBRG (unclassified)	0.2%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Nantuko Vigilante	83%	23.9
Survival of the Fittest	75%	8.4
Squee, Goblin Nabob	75%	7.7
Wall of Blossoms	67%	16.1
Birds of Paradise	67%	8.0
Llanowar Wastes	67%	6.5
Cabal Therapy	67%	3.2
Bone Shredder	58%	50.3
Wall of Roots	58%	8.0
Withered Wretch	58%	5.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Madness Ryan Schapals in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	6-2 75%
WURG pokerswizard in Premodern Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Elves Curran Delahanty in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	4-2 67%
Elves Pablo Figueroa (Sato) in Kikopen 4	4-2 67%
Golgari Midrange Jhuntley in Premodern Challenge 16	2-3 40%
RG Heebie_Jeebies in Premodern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Elves thekingslayer, 29 Oct	1 side	5-0
RG heavyplayed, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
BRG edward40hands, 24 Oct	1 main	5-0
RG fpawlusz, 23 Oct	1 main	5-0
Golgari Midrange Jhuntley, 20 Oct	2 main	#13 2-3
Elves thekingslayer, 20 Oct	1 side	5-0
WURG pokerswizard, 18 Oct	1 main	#6 4-2
Elves anabol, 17 Oct	1 main	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant ToNee - Father of All the Boys, 15 Oct	1 main	#3 1-1
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant ToNee - Father of All the Boys, 1 Oct	1 main	#13 0-1

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.