Pest Rescuer

Public decks that run Pest Rescuer

• Witherbloom Pestilence - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Dina, Essence Brewer

Commanders that run Pest Rescuer most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Dina, Essence Brewer: 8,664 decks
• Blech, Loafing Pest: 6,871 decks
• Dina, Soul Steeper: 1,340 decks
• Gorma, the Gullet: 1,224 decks
• Savra, Queen of the Golgari: 909 decks
• Beledros Witherbloom: 611 decks
• Zimone and Dina: 466 decks
• Lluwen, Exchange Student // Pest Friend: 186 decks

Often played with Pest Rescuer

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Feral Appetite
• Ribtruss Roaster
• Overgrown Pest
• Mischievous Mystic
• Nuisance Engine
• Trudge Garden
• Pestbrood Sloth
• Shopkeeper's Bane
• Merchant of Venom
• Emrakul's Messenger

Rulings

• 2026-03-20: Pest Rescuer's first ability checks at the moment it would trigger to see if you control any Pest creature tokens. If you do, the ability won't trigger at all. If it does trigger, the ability will check again as it tries to resolve. If you control any Pest creature tokens at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
• 2026-03-20: If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and the last ability of Pest Rescuer applies only once.
• 2026-03-20: Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Pest Rescuer's last ability will apply twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will apply only once.
• 2026-03-20: If you control two Pest Rescuers and you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 2. A third Pest Rescuer has you gain that much life plus 3, and so on.