Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos 148s • mythic
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Collector number
- 148s
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Ekaterina Burmak
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Other Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders you control get +1/+1.
When Blex dies, you gain 4 life.
Pests are typically harvested before they outgrow their enclosures. Blex is far from typical.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Blex, Vexing Pest was introduced in the 2021 Magic: The Gathering set Strixhaven: School of Mages. As a legendary creature from the Witherbloom College, the card was designed to represent the masters of life and death, reflecting the set's academic theme centered around five distinct magical disciplines. The card features a double-faced design, allowing players to utilize Blex as a creature or flip it into a sorcery, Search for Blex, which emphasizes the theme of exploring the dark, organic magic practiced at the university.
The artwork for this specific promotional version was created to showcase the unique, gothic aesthetic of the Witherbloom faction. Illustrators focused on the grotesque yet academic nature of the character to differentiate it from other legendary creatures in the set. Upon release, the card was well-received by players focusing on Commander and other singleton formats, where its ability to manipulate life totals and provide card advantage proved to be a versatile tool for Golgari-aligned decks.
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