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Thrull Parasite
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Thrull Parasite

{B}

Creature — Thrull

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

{T}, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

The hunger of a vampire and the subtlety of a tax collector.

1 / 1

Extort
Set
The List (PLST #GTC-81)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
1
Released
2024-08-02
Artist
Clint Cearley
EDHREC rank
#7,036
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.11
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 2

Fall of the Thran+Evolution Sage+Retreat to Coralhelm+Zuran Orb+Thrull Parasite
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite landfall triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produceInfinite proliferateInfinite scry 1Infinite untap of creatures you controlReturn all land cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owner's control
Fall of the Thran+Evolution Sage+Retreat to Coralhelm+Overgrown Estate+Thrull Parasite
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite landfall triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produceInfinite proliferateInfinite scry 1Infinite untap of creatures you controlReturn all land cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under their owner's control

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2013-01-24

    The nonland permanent you choose as the target doesn't have to have any counters on it. If it has more than one kind of counter, you'll choose one of those counters when the ability resolves.

  • 2013-01-24

    You can't activate Thrull Parasite's last ability to stop a player from paying the cost of a spell or an ability that requires removing a counter from a permanent (such as a planeswalker's loyalty ability).

  • 2024-01-12

    The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.

  • 2024-01-12

    The extort ability doesn't target any player.

  • 2024-01-12

    The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.

  • 2024-01-12

    You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.

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