Basilica Screecher
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Bat
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 2
- Set
- Pioneer Masters #83 (common)
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Basilica Screecher has 3 printings, first in Gatecrash (2013). EDHREC ranks it #7,158 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zoraline, Cosmos Caller decks (5,299 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Basilica Screecher most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zoraline, Cosmos Caller: 5,299 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 2,542 decks
- Blech, Loafing Pest: 1,581 decks
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor: 1,148 decks
- Gollum, Obsessed Stalker: 972 decks
- Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate: 914 decks
- Gonti, Night Minister: 683 decks
- Teysa, Opulent Oligarch: 352 decks
Often played with Basilica Screecher
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.
- : 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.
- : You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.
- : The extort ability doesn't target any player.