Card Highlight - Invasive Parasite

Hello realm runners and welcome to another Card Highlight!

As I’m still digging my way through the details of the Secrets of Spirata set, I continue to find unsuspectingly good cards that sometimes completely passed under my radar when first looking through the set. Today’s card is a perfect example of that; that is Invasive Parasite.

This little Parasite may seem rather unimpressive but, in terms of interactive cards from Spirata, it’s proven a valuable tool in shutting down many cards’ abilities and resolves. This is helped by the fact it actually breaks the usual restriction that you can only Infest characters as this critter can also Infest locations; so for the cost of a single shard you can really cripple some, otherwise, very powerful cards. This includes cards like Countess Issadora Curdle; Fibron; Blueprint Swirl; Gunnar of Brisgavi and Achrom Breach that would otherwise allow your opponent to run away with the game or control the canvas.


 Due to the nature of Infest, it also counters them in a very unique way where your opponent would have to either use an action to remove the Invasive Parasite from their canvas or, if you Infested a character, have it erased in combat. This can sometimes be better than outright erasing the card in the first place as many palettes have ways to Dig back cards from their dregs when needed.

Upon my first proper look at the Infest mechanic, I honestly thought the standout one would be Nocturno as it can be used as a tool to prevent your opponent from Trading; which is a real crippling blow to any palette outside of a ramp build, especially Achrom builds. However I’ve come to believe that Invasive Parasite actually has the edge as it gives you more flexibility due to it being able to Infest locations as well as characters, plus giving your opponent a +1 resolve is highly unlikely to be relevant in the long run while giving them a -1 will impact your resources over time. 

These factors, along with all the support given to the Infest mechanic, one of which is arguably the best removal card in Spirata, I feel make Invasive Parasite a surprisingly threatening card on the competitive scene.


You’ll find Invasive Parasite, as well as all the relevant support cards for it, in the palettes associated with The Forgotten faction in The Secrets of Spirata. If you’d like to learn more about the Infest mechanic as a whole, I wrote an article all about it here.


That's all from me for now guys!

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