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CardName: Parasite Cost: 1B Type: Enchantment - Aura Pow/Tgh: Rules Text: Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature attacks or blocks, its controller reveals their hand. You choose a card from it, then that player discards that card. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Duel Decks Starcraft: Remastered Common

Parasite
{1}{b}
 
 C 
Enchantment – Aura
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks or blocks, its controller reveals their hand. You choose a card from it, then that player discards that card.
Updated on 13 Dec 2018 by jameschanlee

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2014-08-14 13:25:44: jameschanlee created and commented on the card Parasite

Would like to request feedback for this card. I don't know whether the costs are correct, or if the 1 life damage will even matter. It may just be an annoying tacked on thing. This is pretty hard for Terran though, as they need to keep the identity of their morph creatures in.

Costs look about right by comparison with Viper's Kiss.

BTW, I'm not sure it'll work to make comments like this while the set is private. I think most site users primarily operate via Recent Changes, and the cards that have seen recent traffic; comments made while the set is private will be effectively invisible. (Okay, highlighted ones will show up on the set's front page. Maybe that'll be enough. You'll likely still get less engagement overall though.)

2014-08-17 10:20:11: jameschanlee edited Parasite:

previously: Whenever enchanted creature's controller draws a card, that player loses 1 life unless he or she reveals that card.

Changed to a static ability, because the person I played with was irritated that you have to play it like miracles (you have to peek first at the card separately from your hand; it's very easy to forget this). Now plays easier.

It's usually played as a kill spell though (or a finisher). Question: If you play this on a 1/1 creature, do you have enough time to peek at the opponent's hand before his creature dies?

2014-08-17 10:23:12: jameschanlee edited Parasite
2014-08-20 11:14:55: jameschanlee edited Parasite:

better art. still reused, but better

on 22 Aug 2014 by Doombringer:

says this is common but the render has an uncommon symbol

You do get a very brief look at the top card, yes.

Doombringer: Thanks, will fix the symbol. This really should be common.

Alex: Thanks. Thinking of making this "enchanted creature's controller play with his or her hand revealed" a la Telepathy. Not liking the rules ambiguity though.

on 25 Aug 2014 by Doombringer:

To prevent rule confusion and tone down complexity a tiny bit why not either add reminder text to the current version or turn it int a enter and leave the battlefield trigger?

2014-08-28 11:20:12: jameschanlee edited Parasite:

previously: Enchanted creature's controller plays with his or her hand revealed.

changed to triggered ability to avoid rules issue of casting this on a 1-toughness creature and asking "do I get to Peek at your hand?" Also updated picture.

2014-08-28 11:21:20: jameschanlee edited Parasite
2014-08-28 11:22:24: jameschanlee edited Parasite:

you may

2016-04-18 03:57:16: jameschanlee edited Parasite

Before:

Parasite {b}
Enchantment - Aura [c]
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks or blocks, you may look at its controller's hand.


  • Abilities exchanged with Mutalisk (that card's discard was given to this, this card's pow/tou reduction was given to the creature)
  • previous version gave -1/-1, something the real parasite spell doesn't do.
  • Now it's black's version of Pacifism.
2017-06-13 01:18:21: jameschanlee edited Parasite:

nonland card -> card

2018-10-25 07:29:44: jameschanlee edited Parasite
2018-10-30 09:57:28: jameschanlee edited Parasite
2018-11-09 02:33:23: jameschanlee edited Parasite

Now that it makes you just discard any two cards - does revealing serve much of a purpose anymore?

2018-11-13 01:06:19: jameschanlee edited Parasite:

returned back to targeted discard, to be more in line with "parasite" name granting vision

2018-12-13 04:06:24: jameschanlee edited Parasite

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