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Needlebite Trap
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Supertypes
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Types
Instant
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Subtypes
Trap
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Near Mint
$0.22
L: $0.09
Lightly Played
$0.28
L: $0.04
Moderately Played
$0.13
L: $0.08
Heavily Played
$0.25
L: $0.20
Damaged
N/A
L: $0.17
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Near Mint
$0.41
L: $0.19
Lightly Played
$1.05
L: $0.50
Moderately Played
$0.80
L: $0.49
Heavily Played
N/A
L: $1.25
Damaged
$0.50
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Rules
If an opponent gained life this turn, you may pay rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target player loses 5 life and you gain 5 life.
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Color Identity
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Rarity
Uncommon
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Number
105
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Artist
Daarken
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Language
English
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(EN)
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Expansion
Zendikar
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Rulings
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.
2009/10/01
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The traps around the vampire city of Malakir hint at the thirst of its inhabitants.
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