---
name: "Parasitic Bond"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "145"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Kirschner"
oracle_id: "9d973df5-b2e8-4af8-8379-0f8282e1e62a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/parasitic-bond-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Parasitic Bond
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals 2 damage to that player.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Enslave](/printing/enslave-nph.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Binding Agony](/printing/binding-agony-mir.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Soul Bleed](/printing/soul-bleed-m10.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Creature Bond](/printing/creature-bond-3ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Unnatural Hunger](/printing/unnatural-hunger-mmq.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Contaminated Bond](/printing/contaminated-bond-9ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #145
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Kirschner
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`