MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #117

Nest of Scarabs

DIGITAL ONLY

akr·#117·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Jason A. Engle

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '20

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,498 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Enchantment

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

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from AKR — the lineup includes 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 #117 of *Amonkhet Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2020 Amonkhet Remastered 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.