Nest of Scarabs

Nest of Scarabs

Enchantment

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.

triggered — makes that many tokens

Causes: create an Insect creature token, put an Insect creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature gets a counter.

Works well with

put a counter on a creature — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sword of Truth and Justice — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Sword of Truth and Justice, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  2. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  3. Ebon Praetor — When Ebon Praetor gets a counter, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  4. Liliana, Death Wielder — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Liliana, Death Wielder, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  5. Heirloom Auntie — When Heirloom Auntie gets a counter, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  6. Baron Sengir — When Baron Sengir gets a counter, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  7. Puppeteer Clique — When Puppeteer Clique gets a counter, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  8. Archfiend of Ifnir — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Archfiend of Ifnir, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  9. Virulent Wound — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Virulent Wound, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens
  10. Ruthless Sniper — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Ruthless Sniper, Nest of Scarabs makes that many tokens

2,681 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to Nest of Scarabs:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Nest of Scarabs makes an Insect token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

When Nest of Scarabs is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Nest of Scarabs enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to Nest of Scarabs:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

When Nest of Scarabs makes an Insect token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

When Nest of Scarabs enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to Nest of Scarabs:

  1. Airbender Ascension — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  3. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  4. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  5. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  6. Ayara, First of Locthwain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  8. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

341 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Nest of Scarabs is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to Nest of Scarabs:

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nature's Wrath — makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

33 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.