Basilica Screecher

Creature — Bat 1/2, 1B (2)

Flying

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

A screech in the night is all it takes for Orzhov debtors to clutch at their coin purses.

Illus. Christine Choi

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 4/15/2013: You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.
• 4/15/2013: 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.
• 4/15/2013: The extort ability doesn't target any player.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Blind Hunter

Creature — Bat 2/2, 2WB (4)

Flying

Haunt (When this creature dies, exile it haunting target creature.)

When Blind Hunter enters the battlefield or the creature it haunts dies, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Illus. Warren Mahy

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Bloodhunter Bat

Creature — Bat 2/2, 3B (4)

Flying

When Bloodhunter Bat enters the battlefield, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

It returns eager to share the feast of blood and gore with its ghoulish master.

Illus. Tomasz Jedruszek

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Dakmor Bat

Creature — Bat 1/1, 1B (2)

Flying

The bat thrives on what underestimates it.

Illus. Una Fricker

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Commander

Dementia Bat

Creature — Bat 2/2, 4B (5)

Flying

{4}{B}, Sacrifice Dementia Bat: Target player discards two cards.

"When terror outweighs all other thoughts, they will understand that I am the true Father of Machines."
—Azax-Azog, the Demon Thane

Illus. Daarken

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• 6/1/2011: Unlike most abilities that force a player to discard cards, this ability may be activated whenever you could cast an instant, including during your opponent's draw step after he or she has drawn a card.
• 6/1/2011: You can't force an opponent to discard a card he or she casts by activating Dementia Bat's ability in response. The spell is on the stack by then.

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Duskhunter Bat

Creature — Bat 1/1, 1B (2)

Bloodthirst 1 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Flying

The swamps go silent at its approach, but it still hears the heartbeat of the prey within.

Illus. Jesper Ejsing

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Gloomhunter

Creature — Bat 2/1, 2B (3)

Flying

Scavengers both mundane and magical follow in its wake, feeding on the scraps of flesh and spirit it leaves behind.

Illus. Lars Grant-West

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Grimclaw Bats

Creature — Bat 1/1, 1B (2)

Flying

{B}, Pay 1 life: Grimclaw Bats gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Even on a world of metal, there are those who thirst for blood.

Illus. Tom Wänerstrand

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Kelinore Bat

Creature — Bat 2/1, 2B (3)

Flying

The nesting bats of Kelinore sleep soundly while the sun passes, nestled among their grisly collections.

Illus. Dave Kendall

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Marrow Bats

Creature — Bat Skeleton 4/1, 4B (5)

Flying

Pay 4 life: Regenerate Marrow Bats.

"No matter how far we push into Stensia, undeath will always remain in these lands."
—Terhold, archmage of Drunau

Illus. Jason A. Engle

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Screeching Bat

Creature — Bat 2/2, 2B (3)

Flying

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {2}{B}{B}. If you do, transform Screeching Bat.

The bat has such clarity of hearing that simple sounds become symphonies.

Illus. Slawomir Maniak

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Extended (Type 1.X)
• Legal in Standard (Type 2)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern

Sengir Bats

Creature — Bat 1/2, 1BB (3)

Flying

Whenever a creature dealt damage by Sengir Bats this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Sengir Bats.

"They are the eyes of the Baron, and they know your fears."
—Ihsan's Shade

Illus. Dan Frazier

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Commander

Vampire Bats

Creature — Bat 0/1, B (1)

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

{B}: Vampire Bats gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate this ability no more than twice each turn.

Illus. Chippy

Gatherer Card Rulings?, Legality?

• Legal in Vintage (Type 1)
• Legal in Legacy (Type 1.5)
• Legal in Classic (MTGO)
• Legal in Commander
• Legal in Modern