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Parasitic Strix

Card Name

Parasitic Strix

Mana Cost

2

Type

Artifact Creature – Bird

Rarity

Common

rules Text

FlyingWhen this creature enters, if you control a black permanent, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Flavor Text

After finding no sustenance on the edges of Grixis, it turned to the skies of Bant.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(8/7/2020)
If you don't control a black permanent immediately after Parasitic Strix enters the battlefield, its ability doesn't trigger. If you don't control one as the ability resolves, no player loses or gains life. It doesn't have to be the same black permanent both times, however.
(8/7/2020)
Parasitic Strix's ability triggers only once, no matter how many black permanents you control beyond the first.