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Patriar's Seal

Artifact

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{1}, {T}: Untap target legendary creature you control.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{3}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$3.93
EDHREC rank
#1142
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Patriar's Seal card art
Patriar's Seal gives a creature vigilance, lifelink, and haste for one mana — that's three keywords stapled to a Mox-costed equipment, and the relevant one is always haste. Commanders like King Macar, the Gold-Cursed and Kelsien, the Plague need to attack or tap the turn they land; Patriar's Seal is the cheapest way to let them do exactly that.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kelsien, the Plague

Kelsien, the Plague

56.4% of decks · synergy 0.54

Kelsien, the Plague pings a creature at end of combat, but only if he attacked — Patriar's Seal gives him haste so he's operational the turn he enters, turning an otherwise idle first turn into an immediate kill and an experience counter.

02
Baba Lysaga, Night Witch

Baba Lysaga, Night Witch

50.9% of decks · synergy 0.50

Baba Lysaga, Night Witch's activated ability requires tapping her, and haste from Patriar's Seal means she can tap for value on her first turn in play rather than waiting a full rotation around the table.

03
The Beamtown Bullies

The Beamtown Bullies

49.7% of decks · synergy 0.47

The Beamtown Bullies needs to attack to reanimate a creature from an opponent's graveyard; Patriar's Seal removes the one-turn delay so the Bullies can swing immediately and start forcing your opponents' worst creatures into play.

04
The Jolly Balloon Man

The Jolly Balloon Man

45.6% of decks · synergy 0.42

The Jolly Balloon Man's power and toughness scale with counters on your permanents, but his impact depends on swinging — Patriar's Seal provides the haste and vigilance that let him attack without leaving you open, maximizing both offense and the counters left behind.

05
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

43.4% of decks · synergy 0.41

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist cares about creatures dying during combat, and Patriar's Seal's combination of haste and vigilance means Xu-Ifit can attack into blockers immediately without tapping down, keeping the death triggers flowing from the very first turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Patriar's Seal is a Commander card — full stop. The formats where it's legal outside Commander (Legacy, Vintage, Oathbreaker) have no meaningful home for a three-keyword equipment that costs one mana to cast and one to equip, because those formats aren't built around commanders who desperately need haste on arrival. In Commander, it's a staple in any deck whose commander has a tap ability or needs to attack to trigger — the one-mana equip cost means it comes down and equips on the same turn without blowing your curve. Oathbreaker is the only secondary format where it sees real play, for the same reason: your oathbreaker often needs to attack or tap immediately, and Patriar's Seal is the cheapest enabler available.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$3.93 cheap tier

At $3.93, Patriar's Seal sits at the high end of the cheap tier but is fully justified for any commander that needs to act the turn it enters. It's a staple in enough high-synergy decks that demand is steady, so don't expect this to drop significantly.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.