Genesis of the Daleks
Mana Cost:
Type: Enchantment — Saga
Oracle Text:
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III — Create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace for each lore counter on Genesis of the Daleks.
IV — Target opponent faces a villainous choice — Destroy all Dalek creatures and each of your opponents loses life equal to the total power of Daleks that died this turn, or destroy all non-Dalek creatures.
Power/Toughness: -/-
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Doctor Who
Price ( USD): $0.33
USD: $0.33 · EUR: €0.29
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Character Background
Genesis of the Daleks reads like a slow-burning inevitability: a 4BB Saga that spawns an escalating tide of 3/3 black Dalek artifact menace tokens across I–III and culminates in a brutal IV ultimatum—either your Daleks die to deal damage equal to their total power or your opponent suffers a mass non‑Dalek board wipe. That makes the card ideal for a value/midrange-token-control game plan rather than hyper‑aggro: you want to survive long enough for the Saga to reach chapter IV. Deckbuilding tip: pair it with sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Altar of Dementia) and aristocrat effects (Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat) so those dying Daleks become incremental drains, or with artifact synergies and token lords to turn the 3/3s into real threats. Protect the Saga from early removal or include recursion; it’s vulnerable to exile and sweepers before it finishes, but when it resolves it presents a binary threat opponents can’t comfortably answer.
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