Piège à morsure d'aiguille (Zendikar) - Gatherer

Piège à morsure d'aiguille

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Needlebite Trap

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant — Trap

Card Text:

If an opponent gained life this turn, you may pay Black

rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Target player loses 5 life and you gain 5 life.

Flavor Text:

Les pièges qui entourent la cité vampire de Malakir reflètent la soif de ses habitants.

Expansion:

Zendikar

Rarity:

Uncommon

Card Number:

105

Artist:

Daarken

Rulings

10/1/2009	You may ignore a Trap's alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.
10/1/2009	Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
10/1/2009	Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
10/1/2009	Needlebite Trap's alternative cost condition checks only whether life was gained. It doesn't care whether life was also lost. For example, if an opponent gained 4 life and lost 6 life during the turn, that player will have a lower life total than they started the turn with — but you can still cast Needlebite Trap by paying .