Pest Infestation
- Mana cost
- {X}{X}{G}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Breaking News #30 (rare)
- Price
- $1.19 USD
Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments. Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Pest Infestation has 7 printings, first in Commander 2021 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #1,044 among Commander cards. It appears most in Witherbloom, the Balancer decks (14,235 on EDHREC). 4 public decks on TCG run it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Pest Infestation
- Hatsune Miku - Secret Lair Commander, led by Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- Witherbloom Pestilence - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Dina, Essence Brewer
- Witherbloom Witchcraft - Commander 2021, led by Willowdusk, Essence Seer
- World Shaper - Edge of Eternities Commander Deck, led by Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Commanders that run Pest Infestation most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Witherbloom, the Balancer: 14,235 decks
- Blech, Loafing Pest: 11,411 decks
- Dina, Essence Brewer: 8,176 decks
- Ygra, Eater of All: 7,584 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General: 5,636 decks
- Dina, Soul Steeper: 4,739 decks
- Baylen, the Haymaker: 4,504 decks
- Trostani, Selesnya's Voice: 3,536 decks
Often played with Pest Infestation
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If any artifacts or enchantments were chosen as targets, and all of them are illegal targets as Pest Infestation tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No Pests will be created.
- : The number of Pests created is equal to twice the chosen value of X, no matter how many artifacts and enchantments were destroyed.