Creature - Spirit 4/3, 4B (5) When Revenant Patriarch comes into play, if {W} was spent to play Revenant Patriarch, target player skips his or her next combat phase. Revenant Patriarch can't block. The Golgari raise the bodies of their dead to serve. We raise the spirits of our dead to lead.
Illus. Nick Percival
The comes into play ability triggers if at least one red mana was spent to play the spell as part of the generic mana cost portion. [D'Angelo 2006/01/22]
If the creature is put into play without having been played as a spell, no mana was spent to play it, so its ability won't trigger. [Guildpact FAQ 2005/12/22]
If a card such as Clone comes into play as a copy of one of these creatures, its comes-into-play ability will trigger if mana of the appropriate color was spent to play the copy card. [Guildpact FAQ 2005/12/22]
Guildpact
(Uncommon)