---
name: "Hunt for Specimens"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Learn"]
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Randy Vargas"
oracle_id: "53f1bcff-55fb-4d38-b108-dcbed623f488"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hunt-for-specimens-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hunt for Specimens
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Learn

## Oracle Text
Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pest Summoning](/printing/pest-summoning-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Tend the Pests](/printing/tend-the-pests-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Essenceknit Scholar](/printing/essenceknit-scholar-sos.md) — Creature — Dryad Warlock
4. [Containment Breach](/printing/containment-breach-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
5. [Send in the Pest](/printing/send-in-the-pest-sos.md) — Sorcery
6. [Pest Rescuer](/printing/pest-rescuer-soc.md) — Creature — Dryad Druid

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Randy Vargas
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`