Tend the Pests
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Strixhaven: School of MagesSTX · #242
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.63 € · ★ 0.85 € · 0.56 $ · ★ 0.95 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black Green
Card text
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.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- David Auden Nash
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-04-23
Flavour text
"I've got a special treat for you today."
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.