Thrull Parasite

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Thrull Parasite: Creature - Thrull, Gatecrash. Extort. Tap, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Thrull
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Gatecrash (GTC)
Released
2013-02-01
Collector number
81
Artist
Clint Cearley
Commander rank
6,944 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Extort

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About Thrull Parasite

Thrull Parasite is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Gatecrash (GTC), an expansion set released in February 2013. It is collector number 81 in that set, with art by Clint Cearley. 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 Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Gatecrash (2013) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.64 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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.)

{T}, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

The hunger of a vampire and the subtlety of a tax collector.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.64 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Thrull Parasite by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Thrull Parasite

Thrull Parasite has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #GTC-81Uncommon2024

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Thrull Parasite, newest first.

  • The extort ability doesn't target any player.
  • 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.
  • You can't activate Thrull Parasite's last ability to stop a player from paying the cost of a spell or an ability that requires removing a counter from a permanent (such as a planeswalker's loyalty ability).
  • The nonland permanent you choose as the target doesn't have to have any counters on it. If it has more than one kind of counter, you'll choose one of those counters when the ability resolves.

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