Name
Nest of Scarabs
Mana Cost
Type
Enchantment
Set
Amonkhet
Rarity
Uncommon
Text
Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.
Flavor Text
"They are small, but they always want more. Learn from them."
—Bontu, god of ambition
Number
#101
Other Prints
Amonkhet Remastered
Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pioneer | Timeless | Vintage
Availability
Magic Online | Paper
Rulings
(18/04/2017)
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.
(18/04/2017)
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.
Artist
Jason A. Engle
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