Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
~$7.14 low · ~$22.14 high
Multicolor. Legendary Creature — Pest // Sorcery
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Strixhaven: School of Mages #148 · Illustrated by Ekaterina Burmak
Strixhaven: School of Mages #148 · Illustrated by Ekaterina BurmakWhat is Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex worth?
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~$22.14
Extended Art foil · Strixhaven: School of Mages #322
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Oracle text
Blex, Vexing Pest
Legendary Creature — Pest
Other Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders you control get +1/+1.
When Blex dies, you gain 4 life.
3/2
Pests are typically harvested before they outgrow their enclosures. Blex is far from typical.
Search for Blex
Sorcery
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put any number of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 3 life for each card you put into your hand this way.
Format legality
All 3 printings of Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos pstx #148s· 2021Promomythic· Cardmarket €9.77 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $13.26 | €9.77 foil | |
 Strixhaven: School of Mages stx #148· 2021mythic· Cardmarket €6.51 · €8.25 foil | mythic | $7.14 | $14.05 | €6.51€8.25 foil | |
 Strixhaven: School of Mages stx #322· 2021Extended Artmythic· Cardmarket €15.79 · €17.82 foil | mythic | $17.74 | $22.14 | €15.79€17.82 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2021
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #7,349 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Ekaterina Burmak
Rulings (2)
2021-04-16
If a creature is more than one of the creature types Blex cares about, it may haunt your dreams, but it will get the +1/+1 bonus only once.
2021-04-16
While resolving Search for Blex, you may put any number of the cards into your hand, even if you don’t have enough life to cover it. We’ll assume you have a plan that’s better than “and then I’ll lose the game.”
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