---
name: "Alabaster Leech"
mana_cost: "{W}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Leech"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "1"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Edward P. Beard, Jr."
oracle_id: "8a8b032e-90b7-4782-b854-b575f316d641"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/alabaster-leech-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Alabaster Leech
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Leech
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
White spells you cast cost {W} more to cast.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gloom](/printing/gloom-me4.md) — Enchantment
2. [Pearl Medallion](/printing/pearl-medallion-mh3.md) — Artifact
3. [Apothecary Initiate](/printing/apothecary-initiate-shm.md) — Creature — Kithkin Cleric
4. [Niveous Wisps](/printing/niveous-wisps-shm.md) — Instant
5. [Defiler of Faith](/printing/defiler-of-faith-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Human
6. [Crusade](/printing/crusade-lea.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #1
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Edward P. Beard, Jr.
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`