Blech, Loafing Pest
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider you control.
Combos with Blech, Loafing Pest
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Shalai and Hallar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
- Infinite damage
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Agatha's Soul Cauldron Walking Ballista Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
- Infinite damage
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2026-03-20
A creature with more than one of the listed types will still get only one +1/+1 counter when Blech's ability resolves.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Blech, Loafing Pest, whatever its commander.
Every version of Blech, Loafing Pest
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Secrets of Strixhaven
- Normal
- $0.45
- Foil
- $0.53

Promo
Secrets of Strixhaven Promos
- Normal
- $0.83
- Foil
- $3.68

Inverted
Secrets of Strixhaven
- Normal
- $1.93
- Foil
- $2.58
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Blech, Loafing Pest. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.