TYPE
Artifact Creature — Insect

ABILITY
Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.) Remove two +1/+1 counters from Spinal Parasite: Remove a counter from target permanent.

POWER/TOUGHNESS
-1/-1

ILLUSTRATOR
Cyril Van Der Haegen

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
DE EN ES FR IT JP PT ZH-CN

RULINGS

• 2004-12-01 Yes, this card’s base power/toughness is -1/-1. If it has five +1/+1 counters on it, it’s a 4/4 creature.
• 2004-12-01 If Spinal Parasite is a 1/1 because it has two +1/+1 counters on it, you can remove both counters to pay for its activated ability.
• 2004-12-01 Any permanent is a legal target for Spinal Parasite’s ability, not just one with a counter on it. The player who controls Spinal Parasite chooses which counter to remove from the targeted permanent.