---
name: "Patriarch's Bidding"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WC03"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 2003"
collector_number: "we161"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "25fc3bc2-d852-4f52-9adb-c7e35c06f3af"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/patriarchs-bidding-wc03"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Patriarch's Bidding
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.

> *"Family plots are so convenient."
—Cabal Patriarch*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Return from Extinction](/printing/return-from-extinction-mh1.md) — Sorcery
2. [Aphetto Dredging](/printing/aphetto-dredging-h09.md) — Sorcery
3. [Harsh Mercy](/printing/harsh-mercy-cmm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Unbury](/printing/unbury-ecl.md) — Instant
5. [Raise the Palisade](/printing/raise-the-palisade-hoc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Grave Sifter](/printing/grave-sifter-c14.md) — Creature — Elemental Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 2003 (WC03) #we161
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`