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◇ Catalog #155

Spinal Parasite

5dn·#155·uncommon·foil

Illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '04

22 yr ago

Value

$0.37+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.38 · low $0.35

NM$0.37

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.34–$0.39modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.60low $0.04range 1400.0%n 57

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,860 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.37

Nonfoil$0.24

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Insect

Sunburst (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.) Remove two +1/+1 counters from this creature: Remove a counter from target permanent.

-1/-1

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2004-12-01wotc

Yes, this card’s base power/toughness is -1/-1. If it has five +1/+1 counters on it, it’s a 4/4 creature.

2004-12-01wotc

If Spinal Parasite is a 1/1 because it has two +1/+1 counters on it, you can remove both counters to pay for its activated ability.

2004-12-01wotc

Any permanent is a legal target for Spinal Parasite’s ability, not just one with a counter on it. The player who controls Spinal Parasite chooses which counter to remove from the targeted permanent.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.37. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.60 across 57 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from 5DN — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #155 of *Fifth Dawn*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2004 Fifth Dawn release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Insect, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {5} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Sunburst.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #25,860 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Cyril Van Der Haegen. Rarix catalogs 175 other cards credited to this artist.