Thrull Parasite (Gatecrash) - Gatherer

Thrull Parasite

Community Rating:

Community Rating: 3.978 / 5 (68 votes)

Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Thrull Parasite

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Creature — Thrull

Card Text:

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

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

Flavor Text:

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

Watermark:

Orzhov

P/T:

1 / 1

Expansion:

Gatecrash

Rarity:

Uncommon

Card Number:

Artist:

Clint Cearley

Language:

English

Rulings

1/24/2013	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.
1/24/2013	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).
1/12/2024	You may pay a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.
1/12/2024	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.
1/12/2024	The extort ability doesn't target any player.
1/12/2024	The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.