Patron of the Moon is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Moonfolk offering (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant by sacrificing a Moonfolk and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed Moonfolk. Mana cost includes color.) Flying: Put up to two land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Complete guide
Patron of the Moon is a powerful legendary Spirit that serves as a cornerstone for land-based strategies and Moonfolk tribal decks. Its unique offering ability allows for surprising tactical plays, while its activated ability ensures you never fall behind on mana. By mastering the rhythm of this card, you can turn a hand full of lands into a sudden tactical advantage.
What it Does
Patron of the Moon has two primary functions: a specialized casting cost and a repeatable land-acceleration ability. Moonfolk offering allows you to cast this creature at instant speed by sacrificing a Moonfolk and paying the mana difference. Once on the battlefield, it features a 5/4 body with Flying and a one-mana activated ability that lets you put up to two lands from your hand directly onto the battlefield tapped.
How it Resolves Step by Step
When you activate the land ability, you pay one generic mana. As the ability resolves, you choose zero, one, or two land cards from your hand and place them onto the battlefield tapped. You do not choose which lands to play or even how many until the ability is actually resolving, meaning your opponents must decide whether to respond before they know what you are putting into play.
Common Mistakes
A frequent error is assuming you must have lands in hand to activate the ability; however, you can activate it even with an empty hand. Another common mistake involves the offering cost. You must still pay the colored mana requirements of the Patron of the Moon (two Blue) unless the sacrificed Moonfolk also had Blue in its cost to cover them. Finally, remember that these lands enter the battlefield tapped, so they cannot be used for mana immediately unless you have a way to untap them.
When to Play it
The best time to cast Patron of the Moon is during an opponent's end step using its offering ability to avoid sorcery-speed removal. Once active, use it whenever you have excess lands in hand, especially if you have card-draw engines that keep your hand full. It is particularly effective in response to effects that would otherwise force you to discard cards.
Interaction examples
Consecrated SphinxWith Consecrated Sphinx on the battlefield, every time an opponent draws a card, you draw two. As your hand fills with lands, you can spend one mana on Patron of the Moon's ability to put those lands onto the battlefield, ensuring you have massive mana available for the following turn.
Hullbreaker HorrorIf you cast Patron of the Moon using its offering ability at instant speed, you trigger Hullbreaker Horror. This allows you to return a nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Afterward, you can use the Patron's activated ability to put lands into play that you might have returned to your own hand for value earlier in the game.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Patron of the Moon
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You may put zero, one, or two lands onto the battlefield with Patron of the Moon’s ability. The number is determined as the ability resolves. You don’t need lands in hand to activate the ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Patron of the Moon + Simic Growth Chamber + Lotus Cobra
- 1Activate Patron of the Moon by paying , putting Simic Growth Chamber from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, it and Lotus Cobra trigger.
- 3Resolve the Simic Growth Chamber trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Resolve the Lotus Cobra trigger, adding .
- 5Repeat.
Tameshi, Reality Architect + Patron of the Moon + Lotus Bloom
- 1Activate Lotus Bloom by tapping and sacrificing it, adding
. - 2Activate Tameshi by paying and returning a land to your hand, returning Lotus Bloom from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Activate Lotus Bloom by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any color.
- 4Activate Tameshi by paying and returning a land to your hand, returning Lotus Bloom from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Activate Patron of the Moon by paying , putting two land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
- 6Repeat.
Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + Guildless Commons
- 1Activate Patron of the Moon by paying , putting Guildless Commons from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 2When Guildless Commons enters the battlefield, it and Amulet of Vigor trigger.
- 3Resolve the Amulet of Vigor trigger, untapping Guildless Commons.
- 4Activate Guildless Commons by tapping it, adding
. - 5Resolve the Guildless Commons trigger from step 2, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + Meloku the Clouded Mirror + High Tide
- 1Cast High Tide.
- 2Tap two Islands to add
. - 3Activate Meloku twice.
- 4Activate Patron of the Moon, placing two Islands on the battlefield.
- 5Untap the Islands with Amulet of Vigor's trigger.
- 6Repeat.
Patron of the Moon + Tiller Engine + Guildless Commons
- 1Pay to activate Patron of the Moon, putting Guildless Commons from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 2When Guildless Commons enters, it and Tiller Engine each trigger.
- 3Resolve Tiller Engine's ability, untapping Guildless Commons.
- 4Activate Guildless Commons by tapping it, adding two mana.
- 5Resolve Guildless Commons's triggered ability, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
Patron of the Moon + Simic Growth Chamber + Tireless Provisioner
- 1Activate Patron of the Moon by paying , putting Simic Growth Chamber from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
- 2When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, it and Tireless Provisioner trigger.
- 3Resolve the Simic Growth Chamber trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Uyo, Silent Prophet + Patron of the Moon + High Tide + Amulet of Vigor
- 1Activate two Islands by tapping them, adding .
- 2Cast High Tide by paying .
- 3Holding priority, activate Uyo by paying
and returning two Islands to your hand, copying High Tide. - 4Resolve the copy of High Tide.
- 5Activate Patron of the Moon by paying , putting two Islands from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
- 6When the Islands enter the battlefield, Amulet of Vigor triggers twice, untapping them.
- 7Activate the Islands by tapping them, adding .
- 8Each High Tide that has resolved this turn triggers, adding for each trigger.
Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + Ghost Town
- 1During an opponent's turn, activate Ghost Town's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Ghost Town's second ability by paying
, returning it from the battlefield to your hand. - 3Activate Patron of the Moon by paying , putting Ghost Town from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
- 4Ghost Town enters the battlefield, triggering Amulet of Vigor, untapping Ghost Town.
- 5Repeat.
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