| Name | Pest Mascot  |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — pest ape |
| Description | Trample Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. |
| Flavor | Hungering for the zest of life. |
| Artist | Filipe Pagliuso |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven #209 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Pest Mascot, Creature — pest ape, designed by Filipe Pagliuso first released in Mar, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven.
Pest Mascot (1BG, trample, grows with life gain) would fit best in a Golgari (black-green) midrange or lifegain-synergy deck, especially one built around consistent incremental life gain from cards like Blood Artist–style effects, Food tokens, lifelink creatures, or cards such as Dina, Soul Steeper, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, or Scavenging Ooze, where repeated life gain can steadily turn it into a large trampling threat; however, in most competitive formats it is likely too slow and underpowered compared to stronger three-mana options like Scavenging Ooze (which provides life gain, graveyard hate, and scaling), Glissa Sunslayer (card advantage and combat utility), or Tarmogoyf (raw efficiency), making it more suitable for casual or synergy-driven builds rather than optimized competitive decks, and it would only consistently see play in a dedicated lifegain-themed Golgari Commander or casual deck rather than high-tier constructed environments.
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