Pestbrood Sloth
Creature — Plant Sloth
Reach
When this creature dies, create two 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "Whenever this token attacks, you gain 1 life."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #19995
Pestbrood Sloth floods the board with 1/1 Pest tokens whenever it or other creatures with counters die, which in the right shell means a single board wipe refills your side rather than emptying it. The cost is a five-mana 3/4 with no immediate impact — you're betting a turn on your opponents not answering it before the engine fires. Pair it with Nim Deathmantle or any sacrifice loop under Blech, Loafing Pest and the token output gets out of hand fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Blech, Loafing Pest
Blech, Loafing Pest distributes +1/+1 counters across your board every turn, which means every creature becomes a Pestbrood Sloth trigger waiting to happen — the two cards form a self-sustaining engine where counters create death triggers and death triggers create more bodies to receive counters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pestbrood Sloth earns its slot in any shell that puts +1/+1 counters on creatures regularly — Golgari and Jund sacrifice builds get the most mileage because every death pays a Pest dividend. Outside Commander, the card is legal across Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, and Vintage, but five mana for a 3/4 that requires setup is nowhere near competitive in those 60-card formats where threats need to win the game immediately or disrupt the opponent. Pauper is the one format where it can't appear at all. Treat Pestbrood Sloth as a Commander-first card that happens to be technically legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarPestbrood Sloth
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Pestbrood Sloth is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box or trade binder without thinking twice. Bulk uncommons from Standard sets rarely climb unless a combo breaks them wide open, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nim Deathmantle
- Blech, Loafing Pest
- Ashnod's Altar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.