Nest of Scarabs
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Amonkhet #101 (uncommon)
- Price
- $5.12 USD
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.
Nest of Scarabs has 2 printings, first in Amonkhet (2017). EDHREC ranks it #3,487 among Commander cards. It appears most in Auntie Ool, Cursewretch decks (13,780 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Nest of Scarabs most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Auntie Ool, Cursewretch: 13,780 decks
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician: 5,896 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons: 5,198 decks
- Massacre Girl, Known Killer: 4,609 decks
- High Perfect Morcant: 2,479 decks
- Toxrill, the Corrosive: 2,422 decks
- The Scorpion God: 2,388 decks
- Maha, Its Feathers Night: 1,323 decks
Often played with Nest of Scarabs
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If an effect has you put more -1/-1 counters on a creature than it has toughness, you’ll put all of those counters on it and create that many Insects, even if that makes its toughness a negative number.
- : If a creature with wither or infect deals damage to a creature, the controller of the creature with wither or infect puts that many -1/-1 counters on the second creature.