---
name: "Patriarch's Desire"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant", "Threshold"]
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "156"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Eric Peterson"
oracle_id: "23b518ab-561f-4551-8270-082cde99b993"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/patriarchs-desire-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Patriarch's Desire
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant, Threshold

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/-2.
Threshold — Enchanted creature gets an additional +2/-2 as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Seton's Desire](/printing/setons-desire-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Kamahl's Desire](/printing/kamahls-desire-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Kirtar's Desire](/printing/kirtars-desire-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Cabal Torturer](/printing/cabal-torturer-tor.md) — Creature — Human Minion
5. [Death's Approach](/printing/deaths-approach-gtc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Ancestral Vengeance](/printing/ancestral-vengeance-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #156
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Eric Peterson
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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