---
name: "Pest Control"
mana_cost: "{W}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "BIG"
set_name: "The Big Score"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Jonas De Ro"
oracle_id: "072db429-3838-42ba-89b6-e26cbce22af9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pest-control-big"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pest Control
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
Destroy all nonland permanents with mana value 1 or less.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

> *„Wie können diese Halunken es wagen, die glanzvollen Straßen von Prosperity zu verunreinigen?"
—Baron Bertram Graywater*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Culling Ritual](/printing/culling-ritual-cmm.md) — Sorcery
2. [Planar Cleansing](/printing/planar-cleansing-m10.md) — Sorcery
3. [Soulscour](/printing/soulscour-dst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Culling Sun](/printing/culling-sun-gpt.md) — Sorcery
5. [Gaze of Granite](/printing/gaze-of-granite-pidw.md) — Sorcery
6. [Devastating Mastery](/printing/devastating-mastery-pstx.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Big Score (BIG) #22
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Jonas De Ro
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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