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Pest Control

Pest Control

Sorcery

mythic

Destroy all nonland permanents with mana value 1 or less. Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

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Semantic Tags

Board Wipemechanical

Removes multiple permanents at once. Includes destroy-all, exile-all, mass bounce, and damage-based sweepers.

Removes multiple permanents at once. Includes destroy-all, exile-all, mass bounce, and damage-based sweepers.

Cantripmechanical

A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.

Card Drawmechanical

Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.

Cyclingmechanical

A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”

Cyclingvector

A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”

Cycling Mattersmechanical

Cycling-focused strategy — payoffs for cycling, cycling triggers, Astral Drift effects.

Draw-then-discard or discard-then-draw effects that improve hand quality without net card advantage.

Mana Sinkmechanical

A permanent with a repeatable activated ability that converts excess mana into value.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneerlegal
standardlegal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historiclegal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (3)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
The Big Score#52mythic···
The Big Score#87mythic···
The Big Score#22mythic···

Related Concepts

Cycling

A keyword ability that lets a card be discarded and replaced with a new card. See rule 702.29, “Cycling.”

Related Rules

702.29

Cycling

702.29a

Cycling is an activated ability that functions only while the card with cycling is in a player’s hand. “Cycling [cost]” means “[Cost], Discard this card: Draw a card.”

702.29b

Although the cycling ability can be activated only if the card is in a player’s hand, it continues to exist while the object is on the battlefield and in all other zones. Therefore objects with cycling will be affected by effects that depend on objects having one or more activated abilities.

702.29c

Some cards with cycling have abilities that trigger when they’re cycled. “When you cycle this card” means “When you discard this card to pay an activation cost of a cycling ability.” These abilities trigger from whatever zone the card winds up in after it’s cycled.

702.29e

Typecycling is a variant of the cycling ability. “[Type]cycling [cost]” means “[Cost], Discard this card: Search your library for a [type] card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library.” This type is usually a subtype (as in “mountaincycling”) but can be any card type, subtype, supertype, or combination thereof (as in “basic landcycling”).

702.29f

Typecycling abilities are cycling abilities, and typecycling costs are cycling costs. Any cards that trigger when a player cycles a card will trigger when a card is discarded to pay an activation cost of a typecycling ability. Any effect that stops players from cycling cards will stop players from activating cards’ typecycling abilities. Any effect that increases or reduces a cycling cost will increase or reduce a typecycling cost. Any effect that looks for a card with cycling will find a card with typecycling.

Rulings

2024-04-12

The mana value of a token that isn’t a copy of another object is 0. A token that is a copy of another object has the same mana cost as that object.

2024-04-12

If the mana cost of a permanent includes {X}, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.