Kederekt Parasite
Kederekt Parasite: Creature - Horror, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Horror
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 144
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Commander rank
- 1,986 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Kederekt Parasite
Kederekt Parasite is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 144 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Conflux (2009) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever an opponent draws a card, if you control a red permanent, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to that player.
When the smell of passing thoughts piques its hunger, its maw becomes primed with acid and a taste for brains.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.19 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Kederekt Parasite by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Kederekt Parasite
Kederekt Parasite has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CON-48 | Rare | 2022 |
| Conflux (CON) #48 | Rare | 2009 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Kederekt Parasite.
- The "intervening 'if' clause" means that (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Kederekt Parasite is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.