Teacher's Pest

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Teacher's Pest: Creature - Skeleton Pest, Secrets of Strixhaven. Menace. Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}{G}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Skeleton Pest
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
238
Artist
Stephanie Cheung
Commander rank
6,982 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Menace

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About Teacher's Pest

Teacher's Pest is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black and green creature from Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), an expansion set released in April 2026. It is collector number 238 in that set, with art by Stephanie Cheung. It costs {B}{G} (one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. Secrets of Strixhaven is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life.

{B}{G}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

"Stop playing dead, Rinata. No one's believed you for a decade." -Moseo, dean of the vein

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (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 Teacher's Pest by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal

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