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◇ Catalog #58

Basilica Screecher

gtc·#58·common·nonfoil

Illus. Christine Choi

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wishlisted

Feb '13

13 yr ago

Value

$0.30+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.31 · low $0.28

NM$0.30

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.28–$0.32modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.31low $0.03range 933.3%n 46

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #6,688 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$3.86

Nonfoil$0.30

Gameplay

Creature — Bat

Flying 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.)

A screech in the night is all it takes for Orzhov debtors to clutch at their coin purses.

1/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

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.

2024-01-12wotc

You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.

2024-01-12

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.30. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.31 across 46 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 #58 of *Gatecrash*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2013 Gatecrash release.

Card type: Creature — Bat, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Extort.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #6,688 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Christine Choi. Rarix catalogs 278 other cards credited to this artist.