Pest Rescuer

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Pest Rescuer: Creature - Dryad Druid, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Dryad Druid
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
42
Artist
Justine Cruz
Commander rank
6,887 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Pest Rescuer

Pest Rescuer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 42 in that set, with art by Justine Cruz. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Secrets of Strixhaven Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.96 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you don't control a Pest creature token, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."

If you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 1 instead.

"The bites and scratches are worth it."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.96 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Pest Rescuer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Pest Rescuer

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #90Rare2026

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Pest Rescuer, newest first.

  • Pest Rescuer's first ability checks at the moment it would trigger to see if you control any Pest creature tokens. If you do, the ability won't trigger at all. If it does trigger, the ability will check again as it tries to resolve. If you control any Pest creature tokens at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
  • If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and the last ability of Pest Rescuer applies only once.
  • Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Pest Rescuer's last ability will apply twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will apply only once.
  • If you control two Pest Rescuers and you would gain life, you gain that much life plus 2. A third Pest Rescuer has you gain that much life plus 3, and so on.

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