Patrician Geist
Creature — Spirit Knight
Flying
Other Spirits you control get +1/+1.
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost 
less to cast.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Promos
- Price
- $0.79
- EDHREC rank
- #9907
Patrician Geist pumps every Spirit you control and gives your non-Spirit Spirits flash — that's a lord effect and a tempo upgrade stapled to a two-mana flying body. In dedicated Spirit tribal, specifically under Millicent, Restless Revenant, it's a slam-run-every-copy-you-own card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Millicent, Restless Revenant
Millicent, Restless Revenant generates Spirit tokens on attack, and Patrician Geist turns that growing board into a lethal clock with its +1/+0 anthem while letting you drop threats at instant speed to protect your investment.
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer casts cards from the graveyard, and Patrician Geist's flash grant means the Spirits you're recycling can ambush blockers rather than telegraphing your board state at sorcery speed.
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
Neerdiv, Devious Diver wants evasive creatures in the air, and Patrician Geist's flying body plus anthem slots cleanly into that gameplan while the flash ability adds the interaction layer Dimir tempo shells always want.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Patrician Geist is a Commander card first and almost exclusively — Spirit tribal is a niche that thrives in 100-card singleton where you have room to assemble a full tribe around it. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but finds no home; dedicated Spirit aggro decks there run cheaper, faster lords that don't need the flash clause to justify their slot. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a two-mana anthem that doesn't immediately win the game. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's tribal logic and is the one other format where it could meaningfully appear.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.79 bulk tier
At $0.79, Patrician Geist is bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of if you ever need multiples, though in Commander a single copy is all you'll run. The price reflects its narrow tribal niche, and there's no reason to expect it to move unless Spirit tribal gets a breakout constructed push.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.