Tend the Pests
Instant
STXStrixhaven: School of Mages#242uncommon
Foil
"I've got a special treat for you today."
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1176
- Illustrator
- David Auden Nash
- Found in
- Strixhaven School of Mages MTGO Redemption Foil · Strixhaven School of Mages MTGO Redemption · 5 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.
Plays as: Creature Token Maker
Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-6.6%
$0.57
$0.09 low-$0.16 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.94
$0.21 low-$0.42 gap
Finish
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Nonfoil
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$0.94as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.94L $0.16since Feb 2024$0.21
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Cheapest playable copy$0.57· across 1 printing
Rulings
1 · latest Apr 16, 2021 · one tap opens all
- WotCApr 16, 2021
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.