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'''Pest''' is a seldom used [[creature type]] used for artifact creatures from [[Mirrodin (plane)|Mirrodin]]. For a long time it was only used on [[token]]s. The return to Mirrodin also meant the return of the subtype. It appeared on the card <c>Signal Pest</c> from ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''.
'''Pest''' is a [[creature type]] used for cards that depict small, annoying, destructive creatures. It is mostly used on [[token]]s.


Pest has never been used as subtype or token in connection with cards like <c>Pestilence</c> or <c>Pestilent Kathari</c>.
==History==
Pests were introduced as [[artifact creature]]s from [[Mirrodin (plane)|Mirrodin]]. For a long time it was only used on [[token]]s. The return to Mirrodin also meant the return of the subtype. It appeared on the card <c>Signal Pest</c> from ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''.
 
Pests were reintroduced as non-artifact creatures in ''[[Strixhaven: School of Mages]]''. At [[Strixhaven]], the [[Witherbloom]] students use Pests as mascots.
 
==Trivia==
* Pest has never been used as subtype or token in connection with cards like <c>Pestilence</c> or <c>Pestilent Kathari</c>.


==Tokens==
==Tokens==
{{Pest tokens|header=y}}
{{Pest tokens|header=y}}


{{Creature types|Artifact creatures}}
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Witherbloom Pest.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Witherbloom Pest
</gallery>
 
{{Creature types|Races}}

Revision as of 09:44, 26 March 2021

Pest
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Statistics
1 card
{artifact symbol} 100%
as of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
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type:"Pest"

Pest is a creature type used for cards that depict small, annoying, destructive creatures. It is mostly used on tokens.

History

Pests were introduced as artifact creatures from Mirrodin. For a long time it was only used on tokens. The return to Mirrodin also meant the return of the subtype. It appeared on the card Signal Pest from Mirrodin Besieged.

Pests were reintroduced as non-artifact creatures in Strixhaven: School of Mages. At Strixhaven, the Witherbloom students use Pests as mascots.

Trivia

Tokens

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Pest Colorless Artifact Creature — Pest 0/1
Black/​Green Creature — Pest 1/1 When this creature dies, you gain 1 life.

Gallery