Spinal Parasite
- Mana cost
- {5}
- Type
- Artifact Creature — Insect
- Power / toughness
- -1 / -1
- Set
- Fifth Dawn #155 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.13 USD
Sunburst (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.)
Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Remove a counter from target permanent.
Spinal Parasite has 1 printing, first in Fifth Dawn (2004). EDHREC ranks it #27,114 among Commander cards. It appears most in Stockman, Mad Fly-entist decks (1 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Spinal Parasite most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Stockman, Mad Fly-entist: 1 decks
Often played with Spinal Parasite
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Yes, this card’s base power/toughness is -1/-1. If it has five +1/+1 counters on it, it’s a 4/4 creature.
- : If Spinal Parasite is a 1/1 because it has two +1/+1 counters on it, you can remove both counters to pay for its activated ability.
- : Any permanent is a legal target for Spinal Parasite’s ability, not just one with a counter on it. The player who controls Spinal Parasite chooses which counter to remove from the targeted permanent.