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◇ Catalog #5

Basilica Guards

gtc·#5·common·nonfoil

Illus. Dan Murayama Scott

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Feb '13

13 yr ago

Value

$0.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.12 · low $0.11

NM$0.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.11–$0.13modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.12low $0.03range 300.0%n 55

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,327 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.56

Nonfoil$0.12

Gameplay

Creature — Human Soldier

Defender 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.)

"None may pass . . . for free."

1/4

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2024-01-12wotc

The extort ability doesn't target any player.

2024-01-12wotc

The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.

2024-01-12wotc

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.

2024-01-12

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.12 across 55 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from GTC — 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 #5 of *Gatecrash*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2013 Gatecrash release.

Card type: Creature — Human Soldier, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{W} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Extort and Defender.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #15,327 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott. Rarix catalogs 1,317 other cards credited to this artist.