Needlebite Trap

Needlebite Trap {5}{B}{B}

Instant - Trap
If an opponent gained life this turn, you may pay {B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target player loses 5 life and you gain 5 life.
The traps around the vampire city of Malakir hint at the thirst of its inhabitants.
Details
  • Artist: Daarken
  • Collector Number: 105
  • Available foil and nonfoil
  • Rarity: uncommon
  • Released: 2009-10-02
  • Set: Zendikar
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2009-10-01 Casting a Trap by paying its alternative cost doesn't change its mana cost or mana value. The only difference is the cost you actually pay.
  • 2009-10-01 Effects that increase or reduce the cost to cast a Trap will apply to whichever cost you chose to pay.
  • 2009-10-01 Needlebite Trap's alternative cost condition checks only whether life was gained. It doesn't care whether life was also lost. For example, if an opponent gained 4 life and lost 6 life during the turn, that player will have a lower life total than they started the turn with — but you can still cast Needlebite Trap by paying {B}.
  • 2009-10-01 You may ignore a Trap's alternative cost condition and simply cast it for its normal mana cost. This is true even if its alternative cost condition has been met.
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Printings
  • Zendikar (uncommon)

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Foreign names
  • 针刺陷阱
  • Nadelstich-Falle
  • Piège à morsure d'aiguille
  • Trappola del Morso Appuntito
  • 噛み針の罠
  • Armadilha de Picada de Agulha
  • Западня Пронзающей Иглы
  • Trampa mordida de aguja