Basilica Guards
Creature — Human Soldier
GTCGatecrash#5common
"None may pass . . . for free."
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 2 per booster–1 in 748
- Illustrator
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Found in
- Gatecrash Intro Pack Orzhov Oppression · Dragons Maze Intro Pack Orzhov Power · 9 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Defender
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay 
. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
1/4. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)DefenderExtort
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Drain
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Rulings
4 · latest Jan 12, 2024
- WotCJan 12, 2024
The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.
- WotCJan 12, 2024
The extort ability doesn't target any player.
- WotCJan 12, 2024
The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.
- WotCJan 12, 2024
You may pay
a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.