Basilica Screecher
Gatecrash 58 • common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 58
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Christine Choi
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
Flying
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay white mana or black mana. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
A screech in the night is all it takes for Orzhov debtors to clutch at their coin purses.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Basilica Screecher was released in 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the plane of Ravnica, this card represents the Orzhov Syndicate, a guild characterized by its organized religion and predatory banking practices. The card serves as a thematic piece of the guild's 'extort' mechanic, a design choice intended to reflect the syndicate's relentless extraction of wealth and life force from the citizens under their control.
The artwork was provided by Christine Choi, who emphasized the gothic and unsettling aesthetic inherent to the Orzhov aesthetic. Her illustration depicts the creature as a grotesque, bat-like humanoid consistent with the visual language of the Syndicate's architecture and minions. Within the game's competitive environment, the card was received as a functional common, valued by players for its ability to drain opponent life totals over time in limited formats.
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