Pest Mascot
Secrets of Strixhaven 209 • common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Collector number
- 209
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Filipe Pagliuso
- Market price
- $0.23
What it does
Trample
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Hungering for the zest of life.
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Pest Mascot card was released in 2021 as part of the Strixhaven: School of Mages set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It represents one of the signature creature tokens associated with the Witherbloom college, which is themed around the study of life and death, biology, and decay. The card serves a mechanical function as a common utility piece, allowing players to create a 'Pest' creature token, which provides a small gain in life when it leaves the battlefield.
The design of the Pest, illustrated by artist Evyn Fong, leans into a grotesque yet charming aesthetic that balances the morbid nature of the Witherbloom curriculum with the whimsical tone of the Strixhaven campus. The art captures the small, scuttling nature of these magical pests, which are effectively engineered organisms within the lore of the set. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for its efficiency in Limited formats, where its ability to bridge the gap between early-game defense and life-total stabilization became a staple of the green-black color archetype.
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