Basilica Screecher
Creature — Bat
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay 
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
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- Set
- Pioneer Masters (PIO #83)
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 2024-12-10
- Artist
- Christine Choi
- EDHREC rank
- #7,014
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Rulings
- 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
a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.