Pest Summoning
Sorcery — Lesson
Create two 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #14196
Pest Summoning puts two 1/1 black-green Pest tokens with lifelink into play for two mana — that's a full board presence unit with incidental life gain stapled on. Blech, Loafing Pest makes every single one of those Pests matter, and at instant speed this card does real work.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Blech, Loafing Pest
Blech, Loafing Pest triggers off every Pest that enters the battlefield, so Pest Summoning is effectively a two-mana draw-two with lifelink upside — the card slots into every version of the deck.
Dina, Soul Steeper
Dina, Soul Steeper drains for each point of life you gain, and the two lifelink Pests from Pest Summoning generate that life immediately on entry — it's a clean two-for-one that advances both the drain plan and the token count.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Pest Summoning actually sees play — the token synergy density in Golgari and Abzan aristocrats shells makes two lifelink bodies for two mana a reasonable rate. In Pauper the card is legal and the rate is passable for token or sacrifice strategies, though dedicated Pauper aristocrats builds have tighter options at common. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy are too fast for a sorcery that makes two 1/1s with no immediate impact beyond life gain; Pest Summoning doesn't compete at those power levels outside of narrow tribal or synergy builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Pest Summoning is pure bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not paying for it. The price is stable at floor; it won't climb unless a new commander dramatically spikes Pest tribal demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Blech, Loafing Pest
- Dina, Soul Steeper
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.