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Nest of Scarabs

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Nest of Scarabs

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Type line

Enchantment

Oracle text

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.

Rulings

  • If an effect has you put more -1/-1 counters on a creature than it has toughness, you’ll put all of those counters on it and create that many Insects, even if that makes its toughness a negative number.2017-04-18
  • If a creature with wither or infect deals damage to a creature, the controller of the creature with wither or infect puts that many -1/-1 counters on the second creature.2017-04-18

Market price

$6.29

Commanders that play this card

Use over time

2 public decks with Nest of Scarabs saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.

Jul 20This week

Often played with

Across the 2 public decks that play Nest of Scarabs. That's a thin sample — treat these as observations, not staples.

2 of 2 (100%)
2 of 2 (100%)
2 of 2 (100%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)
1 of 2 (50%)