Parasitic Implant

Parasitic Implant

Enchantment — Aura

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, enchanted creature's controller sacrifices it and you create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Myr artifact creature token.

triggered —

triggered — makes a token

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create a Myr artifact token, create a Phyrexian artifact token, create a Myr creature token, create a Phyrexian creature token, put a Myr artifact token onto the battlefield, put a Phyrexian artifact token onto the battlefield, put a Myr creature token onto the battlefield, put a Phyrexian creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an upkeep, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

  1. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Parasitic Implant, it has the Ring tempt you
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Parasitic Implant, it exiles a Nightmare

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When a Phyrexian enters thanks to Parasitic Implant, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

an Aura enters the battlefield — 1,257 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

When Parasitic Implant enters:

  1. Tanglespan Lookout — draws you 1 card
  2. Chishiro, the Shattered Blade — makes a token

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Parasitic Implant:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Parasitic Implant:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

20 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

Parasitic Implant puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Parasitic Implant:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

When a Phyrexian or Myr enters thanks to Parasitic Implant:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Parasitic Implant makes a Phyrexian or Myr token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

  1. Abduction — When a creature dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, Abduction brings a card back
  2. Fate Foretold — When a creature dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, Fate Foretold makes a player draw 1 card
  3. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  5. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  7. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, it makes a token
  8. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, it draws you 1 card
  9. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, it triggers
  10. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, it triggers

457 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Parasitic Implant, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. The Immortal Sun — The Immortal Sun reduces what Parasitic Implant costs
  2. Cloud Key — Cloud Key reduces what Parasitic Implant costs
  3. Helm of Awakening — Helm of Awakening reduces what Parasitic Implant costs
  4. Locket of Yesterdays — Locket of Yesterdays reduces what Parasitic Implant costs
  5. Seal of the Guildpact — Seal of the Guildpact reduces what Parasitic Implant costs
  6. Stone Calendar — Stone Calendar reduces what Parasitic Implant costs
  7. Trinisphere — Trinisphere reduces what Parasitic Implant costs

4,524 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Storage Matrix — Storage Matrix gives Parasitic Implant an extra untap

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies animate to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Thran Lens — Thran Lens gives Parasitic Implant life as a creature

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Thrumming Stone — Thrumming Stone gives Parasitic Implant ripple

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — When Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Parasitic Implant, it exiles itself

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Parasitic Implant fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Parasitic Implant fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Parasitic Implant puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  4. Locked in the Cemetery — Parasitic Implant fills your graveyard toward the 5 or more cards Locked in the Cemetery needs

440 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Defiler of Flesh — Defiler of Flesh reduces what Parasitic Implant costs
  2. Jet Medallion — Jet Medallion reduces what Parasitic Implant costs

19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Parasitic Implant is one).

When a Phyrexian or Myr enters thanks to Parasitic Implant:

  1. Nurturing Presence — gets +1/+1
  2. Ephara's Enlightenment — triggers

511 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.