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Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
Legendary Creature — Pest // Sorcery · 2G
Color identity: Black · Green · Golgari
Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Other Pests, Bats, Insects, Snakes, and Spiders you control get +1/+1.
When Blex dies, you gain 4 life.
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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.
Reference price of the card: €5.46
Average lands in decks for Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex: 36
ReanimatorTokensGraveyardSelf-MillLifegainMillAristocratsCombo
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B (66/100)
- Consistency74
- Speed66
- Interaction41
- Resilience73
- Closing66
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (21 nonbasic, 8 Swamp, 7 Forest)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Sakura-Tribe Elder · Victimize · Dread Return · Rampant Growth · Reanimate · Pest Infestation · Beledros Witherbloom · Assassin's Trophy · Hornet Queen · Arasta of the Endless Web · Cultivate · Eternal Witness · Blech, Loafing Pest · Culling Ritual · Nature's Lore · Giant Adephage · Haywire Mite · Toxic Deluge · Animate Dead · Blight Mound · Grist, the Hunger Tide · Oversold Cemetery · Tend the Pests · Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary · Cauldron of Essence · Golgari Signet · Ripples of Undeath · Rise of the Witch-king · Beast Within · Dark Ritual · Izoni, Thousand-Eyed · Living Death · Scute Swarm · Talisman of Resilience · Arachnogenesis · Caustic Caterpillar · Farseek · Life // Death · Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst · Putrefy · Grave Researcher // Reanimate · Insidious Roots · Sedgemoor Witch · Three Visits · Teacher's Pest · Twitching Doll · Gray Merchant of Asphodel · Honest Rutstein · Skullwinder · Village Rites · Feral Appetite · Massacre Wurm · Moldervine Reclamation · Stitch Together · Stitcher's Supplier · Deadly Brew · Eccentric Pestfinder // Turn Stones · Fell the Profane // Fell Mire · Kodama's Reach · Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire · Mirkwood Bats · Command Tower · Woodland Cemetery · Llanowar Wastes · Overgrown Tomb · Bojuka Bog · Golgari Rot Farm · Tainted Wood · Twilight Mire · Undergrowth Stadium · Underground Mortuary · Verdant Catacombs · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Necroblossom Snarl · Deathcap Glade · Temple of Malady · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Mortuary Mire · Takenuma, Abandoned Mire · Viridescent Bog · Witch's Cottage · Exotic Orchard
🃏 Recommended cards for Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Dread Return | 42% | +34% |
| Blech, Loafing Pest | 30% | +27% |
| Hornet Queen | 32% | +26% |
| Giant Adephage | 29% | +25% |
| Victimize | 44% | +25% |
| Beledros Witherbloom | 38% | +25% |
| Pest Infestation | 39% | +24% |
| Oversold Cemetery | 27% | +24% |
| Pestilent Cauldron | 24% | +23% |
| Tend the Pests | 27% | +21% |
| Blight Mound | 27% | +21% |
| Life // Death | 24% | +21% |
| Izoni, Thousand-Eyed | 25% | +21% |
| Reanimate | 40% | +20% |
| Arasta of the Endless Web | 31% | +20% |
| Ripples of Undeath | 26% | +19% |
| Skullwinder | 21% | +19% |
| Animate Dead | 27% | +19% |
| Sedgemoor Witch | 23% | +19% |
| Mortuary Mire | 23% | +19% |
| Living Death | 25% | +19% |
| Witch's Cottage | 22% | +19% |
| Grist, the Hunger Tide | 27% | +18% |
| Stitch Together | 20% | +18% |
💰 The best cards for your Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Dread Return
- Blech, Loafing Pest
- Hornet Queen
- Giant Adephage
- Victimize
- Beledros Witherbloom
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Reanimate
- Ripples of Undeath
- Animate Dead
- Sedgemoor Witch
- Living Death
- Tortured Existence
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- Necromancy
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
- Underground Mortuary
- Icetill Explorer
- Cabal Coffers
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Frequently asked questions
What is Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex's color identity?
Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex is Golgari (black and green): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.0 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 10 % of the time and floods 17 %. Deck health: B (66/100).
How many lands should a Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex deck run?
Real Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex?
The three highest-synergy cards are Dread Return, Blech, Loafing Pest, Hornet Queen. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex decks.
What combos does Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Blex, Vexing Pest // Search for Blex deck cost?
You can start cheap: Dread Return, Blech, Loafing Pest, Hornet Queen are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.