Teacher's Pest
| Name | Teacher's Pest |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — skeleton pest |
| Description | Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you gain 1 life.
  : Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. |
| Flavor | "Stop playing dead, Rinata. No one's believed you for a decade." —Moseo, dean of the vein |
| Artist | Stephanie Cheung |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven #238 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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About Teacher's Pest
Teacher's Pest, Creature — skeleton pest, designed by Stephanie Cheung first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.
Teacher’s Pest would fit best in a Golgari (black‑green) midrange or grindy recursion deck that values resilient threats, life gain, and graveyard synergy, since menace makes it awkward to block and its self-recursion gives inevitability in attrition games; it also pairs well with sacrifice outlets and self-mill strategies that can repeatedly bring it back for value. However, compared to staples like Tenacious Underdog (stronger pressure and card draw), Bloodghast (free recursion tied to land drops), Scrapheap Scrounger (efficient recurring threat), or even Skyfisher Spider and other modern Golgari value creatures, this card is relatively low impact because gaining 1 life on attack is minor and paying {B}{G} each time to return it is mana‑intensive, so while it could see play in a budget, casual, or synergy-focused graveyard deck, it would likely not be competitive in higher-powered formats where more efficient recursive threats are available.
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What type of card is Teacher's Pest?
Teacher's Pest is a Creature — skeleton pest card in Marvel Snap SNAP.
What does Teacher's Pest do?
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.
What set is Teacher's Pest from?
Teacher's Pest was first released in the set Secrets of Strixhaven, illustrated by Stephanie Cheung.
Is Teacher's Pest legal to play?
Legality depends on the tournament format -- Teacher's Pest can be legal in some formats and banned or restricted in others. See the full breakdown per format in the Legality section above.
What competitive formats is Teacher's Pest played in?
Teacher's Pest sees competitive metagame play in 1 format(s): Commander.
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