Parasitic Strix

Artifact Creature - Bird 2/2, 2U (3)
Flying

When Parasitic Strix enters the battlefield, if you control a black permanent, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.¹
After finding no sustenance on the edges of Grixis, it turned to the skies of Bant.
Illus. Steven Belledin

Gatherer Card Rulings [Nov 2009]

• 2/1/2009: The "intervening 'if' clause" means that (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless you control a permanent of the specified color, and (2) the ability will do nothing unless you control a permanent of the specified color at the time it resolves.

Format Legality	Legal in Vintage, Legacy, Extended, Standard, MTGO Classic
Printings (1/9)	Conflux (Common)