---
name: "Send in the Pest"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Raluca Marinescu"
oracle_id: "955bfcb8-6477-4ed0-b6e7-8940874ae5e4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/send-in-the-pest-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Send in the Pest
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each opponent discards a card. You create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."

> *Dara konnte ihre Silberkiel-Peiniger nicht mit Tinte bedecken, aber das Nächstbeste konnte sie schon.*

## 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. [Pest Rescuer](/printing/pest-rescuer-soc.md) — Creature — Dryad Druid
5. [No Way Out](/printing/no-way-out-dbl.md) — Sorcery
6. [Dirty Rat](/printing/dirty-rat-und.md) — Host Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #100
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Raluca Marinescu
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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