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◇ Catalog #123

Parasitic Grasp

vow·#123·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Rovina Cai

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Nov '21

4 yr ago

Value

$0.08+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.08 · low $0.08

NM$0.08

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.07–$0.08modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.10low $0.03range 233.3%n 58

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #24,327 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.12

Nonfoil$0.08

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

2021-11-19wotc

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.

2021-11-19wotc

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.

2021-11-19wotc

If an effect allows you to “cast a spell without paying its mana cost,” you can't cast that spell for its cleave cost.

2021-11-19

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.10 across 58 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VOW — 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 #123 of *Innistrad: Crimson Vow*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2021 Innistrad: Crimson Vow release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Cleave.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #24,327 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Rovina Cai. Rarix catalogs 102 other cards credited to this artist.