Tend the Pests

Tend the Pests

Instant

Mana cost: {B}{G}

How we read this card

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

on-cast —

Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with that ability where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

on-cast — makes X tokens

When this token dies, you gain 1 life,

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create a Pest creature token, put a Pest creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Tend the Pests, it triggers
  2. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Tend the Pests, it has the Ring tempt you
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Tend the Pests, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tend the Pests:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tend the Pests:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Primeval Bounty — Primeval Bounty makes fodder for Tend the Pests
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — Saheeli, Radiant Creator makes fodder for Tend the Pests
  3. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes fodder for Tend the Pests
  4. Invisible Woman — Invisible Woman makes fodder for Tend the Pests
  5. Birthing Ritual — Tend the Pests makes fodder for Birthing Ritual

2,715 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

Tend the Pests puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Tend the Pests:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about 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 (Tend the Pests is one).

When a Pest enters thanks to Tend the Pests:

  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 (Tend the Pests is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Tend the Pests makes a Pest 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.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Tend the Pests, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Tend the Pests, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Tend the Pests, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Tend the Pests, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Tend the Pests, it makes a token
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Tend the Pests, it draws you 1 card
  7. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Tend the Pests, it triggers
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Tend the Pests, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Tend the Pests, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Tend the Pests, it makes you lose life

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

  1. Cryptic Pursuit — When Tend the Pests is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Tend the Pests, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — When Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization dies thanks to Tend the Pests, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Tend the Pests, it exiles itself

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Tend the Pests is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Tend the Pests fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Tend the Pests fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Tend the Pests puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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