Pest Control
Reprinted in Star Trek Commander (TRC), releasing November 13, 2026.
Pest Control: Sorcery, The Big Score. Destroy all nonland permanents with mana value 1 or less. Cycling 2. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {W}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- The Big Score (BIG)
- Released
- 2024-04-19
- Collector number
- 22
- Artist
- Jonas De Ro
- Commander rank
- 15,566 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Cycling
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About Pest Control
Pest Control is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and black sorcery from The Big Score (BIG), an expansion set released in April 2024. It is collector number 22 in that set, with art by Jonas De Ro. It costs {W}{B} (one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.03 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Destroy all nonland permanents with mana value 1 or less.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
"How dare these varmints befoul the shining streets of Prosperity?" -Baron Bertram Graywater
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.03 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Pest Control by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Pest Control
Pest Control has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Star Trek Commander (TRC) #326 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Star Trek Commander (TRC) #477 | Mythic | 2026 |
| The Big Score Promos (PBIG) #22p | Mythic | 2026 |
| The Big Score (BIG) #52 | Mythic | 2024 |
| The Big Score (BIG) #87 | Mythic | 2024 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Pest Control, newest first.
- The mana value of a token that isn’t a copy of another object is 0. A token that is a copy of another object has the same mana cost as that object.
- If the mana cost of a permanent includes {X}, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a white and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.