---
name: "Teacher's Pest"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton Pest"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "SOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven"
collector_number: "238"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Stephanie Cheung"
oracle_id: "12397dbf-99a9-40c3-aa7c-76d09baad008"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/teachers-pest-sos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Teacher's Pest
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton Pest
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life.
{B}{G}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

> *"Vale ya de hacerte la muerta, Rinata. Hace una década que no te cree nadie".
-Móseo, decano de las venas*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unforgiving One](/printing/unforgiving-one-neo.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Knight of Dusk's Shadow](/printing/knight-of-dusks-shadow-dmu.md) — Creature — Human Knight
3. [Unwilling Ingredient](/printing/unwilling-ingredient-stx.md) — Creature — Frog
4. [Ulna Alley Shopkeep](/printing/ulna-alley-shopkeep-sos.md) — Creature — Goblin Warlock
5. [Nimana Skitter-Sneak](/printing/nimana-skitter-sneak-znr.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
6. [Battle-Scarred Survivalist](/printing/battle-scarred-survivalist-trk.md) — Creature — Klingon Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS) #238
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Stephanie Cheung
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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