Patron of the Orochi
Legendary Creature — Spirit
Snake offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Snake and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Snake. Mana cost includes color.)
: Untap all Forests and all green creatures. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $10.58
- EDHREC rank
- #13444
Patron of the Orochi untaps all Forests and all green creatures at eight mana — a board-wide effect that refills your mana and resets your attackers or blockers in one shot. The real price isn't the eight mana; it's that Temur Sabertooth turns a single activation into an infinite mana engine, which means the card earns its slot in almost any green creature-heavy deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Patron of the Orochi actually lives — eight mana is achievable in green ramp shells, and the untap effect scales with every creature you've already committed to the board. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but no competitive list touches an eight-mana do-nothing-on-entry creature when cheaper untap effects exist. Modern is the same story — legal, irrelevant. Oathbreaker can theoretically support it in dedicated green ramp builds, though the 40-life clock makes the setup slower to pay off.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Patron of the OrochiTemur SabertoothLightning Greaves
Infinite blinking of some creatures; Infinite ETB; Infinite green mana; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana green creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of Forests you control; Infinite untap of green creatures you control
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Patron of the OrochiTemur SabertoothConcordant Crossroads
Infinite blinking of some creatures; Infinite ETB; Infinite green mana; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana green creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of Forests you control; Infinite untap of green creatures you control
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Volrath, the ShapestealerPatron of the Orochi
Infinite green mana; Infinite mana green creatures and Forests you control can produce; Infinite untap of green creatures and Forests you control
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Patron of the OrochiTemur SabertoothAkroma's Memorial
Infinite blinking of some creatures; Infinite ETB; Infinite green mana; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana green creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of Forests you control; Infinite untap of green creatures you control
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Emiel the BlessedPatron of the OrochiLightning Greaves
Infinite blinking; Infinite ETB; Infinite green mana; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana green creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of Forests you control; Infinite untap of green creatures you control
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Turnabout and Vitalize both untap your lands or creatures for two mana, covering the mana-refill half of what Patron of the Orochi does at a fraction of the cost. Neither gives you the repeatable, permanent-based trigger that makes Patron combo-ready with bounce effects, so if you're running the infinite-mana lines you lose the engine — but as a one-shot burst in a combat-heavy deck, either gets most of the job done.
Price Context
Current price
$10.58 mid tier
At $10.58, Patron of the Orochi sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, not an afterthought. It holds that price because the combo ceiling is real and supply from a single older printing hasn't caught up with demand from green creature decks that want repeatable untap on a body.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.