---
name: "Pest Rescuer"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Dryad Druid"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Justine Cruz"
oracle_id: "02be0b99-d40b-4287-989b-12eb2701115c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pest-rescuer-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Pest Rescuer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Dryad Druid
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you don't control a Pest creature token, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.

> *"Vale la pena sopportare i morsi e i graffi."*

## 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. [Pest Infestation](/printing/pest-infestation-prm.md) — Sorcery
4. [Blech, Loafing Pest](/printing/blech-loafing-pest-sos.md) — Legendary Creature — Pest
5. [Send in the Pest](/printing/send-in-the-pest-sos.md) — Sorcery
6. [Feral Appetite](/printing/feral-appetite-soc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #42
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Justine Cruz
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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