Aspect of Lamprey
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Theros Beyond DeathTHB · #85
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · ★ 0.12 € · 0.11 $ · ★ 0.34 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, target opponent discards two cards. Enchanted creature has lifelink.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Deruchenko Alexander
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-01-24
Flavour text
"Some aspire to be mighty like the lion or the hydra. I am the parasite that feeds on them all."
Rulings
If the creature Aspect of Lamprey would enchant is an illegal target by the time the Aura spell resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. It won't enter the battlefield, so its ability won't trigger.
Multiple instances of lifelink on the same creature are redundant.