Parasitic Bond
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals 2 damage to that player.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #28685
Parasitic Bond drains the enchanted creature's controller for 2 life at the start of every upkeep — including your opponents' — while you gain it, turning any problem creature into a ticking clock. Four mana for an enchant creature is a steep ask when removal spells exist, but the repeating life swing is real in attrition-heavy tables.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Parasitic Bond has any home worth discussing — four-player tables mean three upkeep triggers per round instead of one, which meaningfully accelerates the drain. Outside of dedicated lifegain or aristocrats shells, it still competes poorly with unconditional removal, and most black commanders would rather spend four mana on something that answers the creature outright. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the card is too slow and too narrow to see competitive play in either format. Oathbreaker is legal and follows the same logic as Commander at a compressed scale.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Parasitic Bond is pure bulk — a quarter-bin pickup with no meaningful demand driving it higher. That price is stable simply because interest is low, not because the card is undervalued.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.