CONConflux

Parasitic Strix

Parasitic Strix from Conflux
Parasitic Strix from Conflux

Artifact Creature — Bird   {2}{U} (CMC:3)

Flying When Parasitic Strix enters the battlefield, if you control a black permanent, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

After finding no sustenance on the edges of Grixis, it turned to the skies of Bant.

32 CON • ENSteven Belledin

Legal in: Modern,Shards of Alara Block,Legacy,Vintage,Freeform,Prismatic,Tribal Wars Legacy,Classic,Singleton 100,Commander

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2/1/2009
The "intervening 'if' clause" means that (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves.

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