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◇ Catalog #101

Nest of Scarabs

akh·#101·uncommon·foil

Illus. Jason A. Engle

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wishlisted

Apr '17

9 yr ago

Value

$21.35+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $22 · low $20

NM$21.4

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$20–$23modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $24low $0.03range 78266.7%n 498

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,498 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$21

Nonfoil$7.05

Gameplay

Enchantment

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

"They are small, but they always want more. Learn from them." —Bontu, god of ambition

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2017-04-18wotc

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.

2017-04-18wotc

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $21.35. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $23.51 across 498 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from AKH — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #101 of *Amonkhet*, the set that shipped alongside the April 2017 Amonkhet release.

Card type: Enchantment, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #3,498 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jason A. Engle. Rarix catalogs 708 other cards credited to this artist.