You can't cast a spell for both its cleave cost and another alternative cost. For example, if an effect gives an Alchemist's Retrieval in your graveyard a flashback cost of {U}, you can't cast it from your graveyard for its cleave cost.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #123
Parasitic Grasp
vow·#123·uncommon·foil
Illus. Rovina Cai
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wishlisted
Nov '21
4 yr ago
Value
$0.11+$0 (+10.0%)
30 days high $0.11 · low $0.09
Volatility · high
EUR€0.14USD$0.11TIX0.03 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #24,291 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
Cleave {1}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Parasitic Grasp deals 3 damage to target [Human] creature. You gain 3 life.
Some wicked souls linger only to consume the warmth of life.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
wotc
If you cast a spell for its cleave cost, that spell doesn't have any of the text in square brackets while it's on the stack.
wotc
If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.
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