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Pest Control

First printed in The Big Score (2024)

All 6 prints

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Pest Control

Sorcery

Destroy all nonland permanents with mana value 1 or less.
Cycling 2 generic (2 generic, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"How dare these varmints befoul the shining streets of Prosperity?"
—Baron Bertram Graywater

Illustrated by
Jonas De Ro

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • 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.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.44 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Pioneer In 3 of 116 decks (2.6%), most in Golgari Midrange

Staple: sideboard, 7% of decks (#36) (last 120 days)

Share of decks
3.9%
▼ 1.4 vs previous 7 days
10 Aug: 6.0% 17 Aug: 9.4% 24 Aug: 5.3% 31 Aug: 7.5% 7 Sep: 8.2% 14 Sep: 11.2% 21 Sep: 9.6% 28 Sep: 6.4% 5 Oct: 3.0% 12 Oct: 5.6% 19 Oct: 5.3% 26 Oct: 3.9%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
6
0 main, 6 sideboard
Avg. copies
–
in the main deck
Win rate
50%
0 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
10 Aug6.0%
17 Aug9.4%
24 Aug5.3%
31 Aug7.5%
7 Sep8.2%
14 Sep11.2%
21 Sep9.6%
28 Sep6.4%
5 Oct3.0%
12 Oct5.6%
19 Oct5.3%
26 Oct3.9%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Golgari Midrange 17.2% 5%
WB (unclassified) 2.6% 67%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Golgari Midrange
jarold9 in Pioneer Challenge 32
3-3
50%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
WB
driftingcool,
3 side 5-0
WB
ElbaaSanii,
2 side 5-0
Golgari Midrange
jarold9,
1 side #21
of 48
3-3

Modern In 6 of 319 decks (1.9%), most in Domain Zoo

Share of decks
1.8%
▲ 0.3 vs previous 7 days
10 Aug: 1.7% 17 Aug: 1.6% 24 Aug: 1.3% 31 Aug: 1.2% 7 Sep: 0.8% 14 Sep: 1.2% 21 Sep: 1.0% 28 Sep: 1.1% 5 Oct: 0.6% 12 Oct: 0.7% 19 Oct: 1.5% 26 Oct: 1.8%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
7
6 main, 3 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.5
in the main deck
Win rate
64%
1 top 8, leagues excluded
Weekly data
Week fromShare of decks
10 Aug1.7%
17 Aug1.6%
24 Aug1.3%
31 Aug1.2%
7 Sep0.8%
14 Sep1.2%
21 Sep1.0%
28 Sep1.1%
5 Oct0.6%
12 Oct0.7%
19 Oct1.5%
26 Oct1.8%

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Domain Zoo 2.2% 29%
Goryo's Vengeance 1.6% 20%
Esper Blink 1.3% 50%
BR (unclassified) 0.6% 50%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Quantum Riddler100%8.3
Flooded Strand100%5.1
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd83%29.4
Consign to Memory83%10.4
Shadowy Backstreet67%14.4
Emperor of Bones67%13.6
Ephemerate67%8.6
Undercity Sewers67%7.6
Watery Grave67%7.0
Godless Shrine67%6.8
Together
decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift
how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Esper Blink
Dioferreira in Modern Challenge 32
5-2
71%
BR
ShzockChan in Modern Challenge 32
4-2
67%
Domain Zoo
Pleyboy in Modern Challenge 32
4-2
67%
Domain Zoo
wallofspikes in Modern Challenge 32
4-3
57%
Goryo's Vengeance
Sommertroll in Modern Challenge 32
4-3
57%

Leagues excluded: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Domain Zoo
wallofspikes,
1 main #26
of 66
4-3
Goryo's Vengeance
Sommertroll,
1 main
1 side
#28
of 66
4-3
BR
ShzockChan,
2 side #11
of 52
4-2
Domain Zoo
Pleyboy,
1 main #15
of 58
4-2
Esper Blink
HyPPeR,
2 main 5-0
Esper Blink
Dioferreira,
2 main
1 side
#5 (top 8)
of 55
5-2

Standard No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Legacy No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.

Commander No decks in this period

No decks with this card in this period.