---
name: "Revenant Patriarch"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Spirit"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "DDK"
set_name: "Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt"
collector_number: "16"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Nick Percival"
oracle_id: "942f6260-055e-4cc7-bec6-3a46fd4b048e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/revenant-patriarch-ddk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Revenant Patriarch
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, if {W} was spent to cast it, target player skips their next combat phase.
This creature can't block.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Urborg Phantom](/printing/urborg-phantom-inv.md) — Creature — Spirit Minion
2. [Tormented Soul](/printing/tormented-soul-pc2.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Stonehorn Dignitary](/printing/stonehorn-dignitary-plst.md) — Creature — Rhino Soldier
4. [Forbidding Spirit](/printing/forbidding-spirit-gn3.md) — Creature — Spirit Cleric
5. [Moment of Silence](/printing/moment-of-silence-mmq.md) — Instant
6. [Pale Rider of Trostad](/printing/pale-rider-of-trostad-soi.md) — Creature — Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (DDK) #16
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Nick Percival
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`