Parasitic Impetus
Enchantment — Aura
Parasitic Impetus
Enchantment — Aura
Card Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- EDHREC Rank
- #3,231
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (31)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) | #222 | common | en | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) | #118 | common | en | Mila Pesic | $0.26 | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | en | Francis Tneh | $0.14 | $0.24 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | en | Mila Pesic | $0.21 | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | en | Mila Pesic | $0.15 | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | de | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | de | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | de | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | es | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | es | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | es | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | fr | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | fr | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | fr | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | it | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | it | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | it | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | ja | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | ja | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | ja | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | ko | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | pt | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | pt | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | pt | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | ru | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | ru | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander 2020 (C20) | #46 | uncommon | ru | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | zhs | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | zhs | Mila Pesic | — | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) | #140 | common | zht | Francis Tneh | — | — |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #150 | uncommon | zht | Mila Pesic | — | — |
Official Rulings (7)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Parasitic Impetus causes you to gain life, not the attacking creature's controller.
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