Tend the Pests
- Mana cost
- {B}{G}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages #242 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.53 USD
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Tend the Pests has 1 printing, first in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021). EDHREC ranks it #5,140 among Commander cards. It appears most in Blech, Loafing Pest decks (9,092 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Tend the Pests most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Blech, Loafing Pest: 9,092 decks
- Dina, Soul Steeper: 2,886 decks
- Savra, Queen of the Golgari: 2,090 decks
- Dina, Essence Brewer: 1,927 decks
- Yargle and Multani: 1,622 decks
- Beledros Witherbloom: 1,418 decks
- Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis: 1,271 decks
- Witherbloom, the Balancer: 1,179 decks
Often played with Tend the Pests
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Copies of Tend the Pests will use the power of the creature sacrificed for the original spell to determine the number of Pests each copy creates. Because the copies aren't cast, you won't sacrifice additional creatures for them.