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Pestermite

Creature — Faerie Rogue

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, you may tap or untap target permanent.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Jumpstart 2022
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#10414
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Pestermite card art
Pestermite enters tapped or untapped, taxes an opponent's resource on arrival, and then enables an infinite combo with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker the moment you assemble both pieces. The cost is three mana for a 2/1 with flash — the rate is modest, but the combo ceiling makes that irrelevant.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Obyra, Dreaming Duelist

Obyra, Dreaming Duelist

23.7% of decks · synergy 0.23

Obyra, Dreaming Duelist triggers on every Faerie entering the battlefield, turning Pestermite's flash body into a free ping at any opponent — and because Pestermite untaps a permanent on entry, it sets up loops with other Faerie synergies that Obyra rewards immediately.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Pestermite earns its slot almost entirely on the strength of the Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker combo — flash lets you assemble it at instant speed on an opponent's end step, which is a meaningful safety valve against interaction. In Pauper, Pestermite is a legitimate staple: the tap-or-untap trigger disrupts tempo at a format-appropriate rate, and flash at common is genuinely rare. Legacy and Vintage both have access to Pestermite but rarely need it — faster combo infrastructure makes the three-mana body redundant. Modern once featured it heavily in Splinter Twin decks, but that era ended with the ban of its best enabler, leaving Pestermite as a fringe piece in creature-based combo shells.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Pestermite is firmly bulk — the price reflects widespread reprinting and the fact that it doesn't move formats on its own. It holds that floor comfortably; a card that completes an infinite combo and sees Pauper play rarely craters further.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.