---
name: "Tend the Pests"
mana_cost: "{B}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "STX"
set_name: "Strixhaven: School of Mages"
collector_number: "242"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "David Auden Nash"
oracle_id: "9ffce1d5-e29c-4dab-8b97-6b32655785d4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tend-the-pests-stx"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Tend the Pests
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Create X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life," where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

> *"Hoje tenho um petisco especial para vocês."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pest Summoning](/printing/pest-summoning-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
2. [Pest Infestation](/printing/pest-infestation-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Carrion](/printing/carrion-mir.md) — Instant
4. [Send in the Pest](/printing/send-in-the-pest-sos.md) — Sorcery
5. [Pest Rescuer](/printing/pest-rescuer-soc.md) — Creature — Dryad Druid
6. [Feral Appetite](/printing/feral-appetite-soc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) #242
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** David Auden Nash
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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