Parasitic Impetus

Public decks that run Parasitic Impetus

• Enhanced Evolution - Commander 2020, led by Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
• Ruthless Regiment - Commander 2020, led by Jirina Kudro
• Silverquill Influence - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Killian, Decisive Mentor
• Silverquill Statement - Commander 2021, led by Breena, the Demagogue
• Symbiotic Swarm - Commander 2020, led by Kathril, Aspect Warper

Commanders that run Parasitic Impetus most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Eriette of the Charmed Apple: 13,833 decks
• Killian, Decisive Mentor: 9,493 decks
• Xantcha, Sleeper Agent: 2,988 decks
• Jon Irenicus, Shattered One: 2,851 decks
• Karona, False God: 2,232 decks
• Breena, the Demagogue: 2,090 decks
• Kardur, Doomscourge: 1,848 decks
• Scriv, the Obligator: 1,472 decks

Often played with Parasitic Impetus

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Predatory Impetus
• Vow of Wildness
• Mazzy, Truesword Paladin
• Psychic Impetus
• Coveted Peacock
• Incriminating Impetus
• Vow of Flight
• Armadillo Cloak
• Sly Instigator
• Jeering Homunculus

Rulings

• 2020-04-17: If you are the attacking creature's controller, you lose 2 life and gain 2 life. You won't lose the game if your life total is 0 in between these two events.
• 2020-04-17: Parasitic Impetus causes you to gain life, not the attacking creature's controller.
• 2023-06-30: If a creature you control has been goaded by multiple opponents, it must attack one of your opponents that hasn't goaded it, as that fulfills the maximum number of goad requirements. If a creature you control has been goaded by each of your opponents, the creature must attack an opponent (rather than a planeswalker or battle), but you choose which opponent it attacks.
• 2023-06-30: If the creature doesn't meet any of the above exceptions and can attack, it must attack a player other than the controller of the spell or ability that goaded it if able. If the creature can't attack any of those players but could otherwise attack, it must attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, a battle an opponent controls, or a player who goaded it.
• 2023-06-30: Attacking with a goaded creature doesn't cause it to stop being goaded. If there is an additional combat phase that turn, or if another player gains control of it before it stops being goaded, it must attack again if able.
• 2023-06-30: Being goaded isn't an ability the creature has. Once it's been goaded, it must attack as detailed above even if it loses all abilities.
• 2023-06-30: If, during a player's declare attackers step, a creature that player controls that's been goaded is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under that player's control continuously since the turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack a player, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack that player.