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Teacher's Pest SOS 0238 · uncommon

Teacher's Pest · {B}{G} · Creature — Skeleton Pest · 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. · Power / toughness: 1/1 · "Stop playing dead, Rinata. No one's believed you for a decade." —Moseo, dean of the vein

Teacher's Pest · {B}{G} · Creature — Skeleton Pest · 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. · Power / toughness: 1/1 · "Stop playing dead, Rinata. No one's believed you for a decade." —Moseo, dean of the vein

Price
from $0.251 printing
Win rate
55.2% GIH 16,012 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 8,846 wins in 16,012 card-in-hand instances.

14,644 distinct games · 5,369 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026.

17Lands file dated Jun 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

55.2%when drawn (GIH)

−0.1 pp vs 55.4% average · 16,012 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026 · average from 582,914 games

#181 of 320 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 4.1 on average (55,334 packs).

51 of 83 multicolor cards · 21 of 35 multicolor uncommon cards.

Taken at pick5.39,106 picks
Makes the deck75.4%9,106 picks with known usage
When played53.9%36,896 matchesBenched 53.7%
9,705 matches
When drawn55.2%16,012 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 55.8% · 6,889 instances
● Drawn later 54.8% · 9,123 instances

In hand 55.2% · 16,012 instances
Unseen in deck 53.9% · 22,310 instances
+1.4 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn55.2%16,012 instances51 of 83
Opening hand55.8%6,889 instances36 of 82
Drawn later54.8%9,123 instances64 of 83
In the deck54.5%38,635 instances46 of 83
Without seeing it53.9%22,310 instances27 of 83
Improvement when drawn+1.4 pp16,012 instances / 22,310 instances56 of 83
When benched53.7%9,705 matches77 of 83
Makes the deck75.4%9,106 picks with known usage29 of 83
Pick (last seen)4.155,334 packs37 of 83
Taken at5.39,106 picks39 of 83

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm BG57.0%9,600 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.2% · 16,012 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Pest Mascot+4.4 pp18,830 games with both in the deck · 4,756 both drawnBlech, Loafing Pest+5.6 pp6,483 games with both in the deck · 1,253 both drawnPoisoner's Apprentice+4.8 pp10,089 games with both in the deck · 2,123 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 44% of 320 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 21–Jun 2, 2026

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

SOS 0238 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster · prerelease-witherbloom · Commander Deck Set of 5 · Commander Deck Witherbloom Pestilence$0.25
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$0.35

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 33 packs (3.00%) · 30.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 298 packs (0.34%) · 9.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.38%) · 64.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a prerelease-witherbloom · Modeled · About 1 in 9 packs (11.11%) · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterUncommons100% per positionUncommons
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil uncommons100% per positionTraditional foil uncommons

Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Stephanie Cheung, SOS 238 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Witherbloom Lifegain Swarm cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Secrets of Strixhaven · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗