Genesis of the Daleks
Enchantment — Saga
(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.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #7549
Genesis of the Daleks lands as a six-mana enchantment that floods the board with Dalek tokens every upkeep and converts creature deaths into card advantage — the engine is real and the payoff compounds fast. The cost is the price tag in mana and the narrow tribal identity: outside Davros, Dalek Creator shells, you're working harder to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Davros, Dalek Creator
Davros, Dalek Creator is the natural home — Genesis of the Daleks generates the endless Dalek tokens Davros wants dying to trigger his draw-on-death ability, creating a self-sustaining loop of tokens, sacrifice, and cards.
Narci, Fable Singer
Narci, Fable Singer cares about sagas and enchantments with high mana values, and Genesis of the Daleks as a six-mana enchantment contributes directly to her damage-dealing trigger while pulling its weight as a token engine.
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain wants a wide board of creature tokens to proliferate poison counters across, and Genesis of the Daleks delivers a repeatable token stream that keeps the battlefield populated for each attack step.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Genesis of the Daleks is a Commander card through and through — the six-mana investment and slow, cumulative payoff match a 40-life multiplayer table far better than any 60-card format. It's technically legal in Legacy and Vintage, but six mana for an enchantment with no immediate board impact is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Genesis of the Daleks could see honest play, provided the signature spell and planeswalker support the token-and-sacrifice gameplan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Genesis of the Daleks is bulk, which means picking up copies is essentially free. The price reflects its narrow tribal appeal rather than its power level — in the right deck it punches well above bulk, but demand outside Davros builds keeps it pinned low.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Davros, Dalek Creator
- Missy
- Narci, Fable Singer
- Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.