Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS)

Life and Pests

Game plan

Pest tokens and life gain that turn on Infusion and grow the creatures that react to life gain; black and green removal.

The decks of this pair win 54.5 % of their games and make up 12.6 % of the games of the set.

The mechanic it leans on : Infusion

The gold uncommons

  • 150. Teacher's Pest

    5.4
  • 189. Old-Growth Educator

    4.8
  • 72. Essenceknit Scholar

    6.4

The key commons

  • 156. Bogwater Lumaret

    5.2
  • 216. Pest Mascot

    4.4
  • 131. Grapple with Death

    5.6
  • 266. Ulna Alley Shopkeep

    1.4
  • 148. Send in the Pest

    5.4

The cards that win most in this archetype

Win rate of the games played with the card in a deck of this pair (at least 300 games), and the gap with all the decks of the pair, in percentage points. Only cards of these colors are counted; colorless cards are not.

CardGamesWin rateGapPick rating
Emeritus of Abundance // Regrowth4,14857.9 %+3.47.6
Ambitious Augmenter8,68957.6 %+3.18.8
Postmortem Professor10,12057.6 %+3.18.4
Slumbering Trudge9,39057.4 %+2.97.6
Professor Dellian Fel5,98756.7 %+2.29.1
Moseo, Vein's New Dean11,52656.6 %+2.17.9
Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor4,03356.5 %+2.07.4
Environmental Scientist16,66456.5 %+2.08.0
Germination Practicum5,06656.4 %+1.97.8
Pestbrood Sloth22,32356.4 %+1.96.6
Blech, Loafing Pest15,39556.3 %+1.87.8
Essenceknit Scholar28,47256.3 %+1.86.4
Additive Evolution15,43656.1 %+1.66.5
End of the Hunt18,05856.1 %+1.67.2
Foolish Fate17,65855.9 %+1.46.6

The best commons of the archetype

CardGamesWin rateGapPick rating
Bogwater Lumaret48,49955.1 %+0.65.2
Grapple with Death44,31855.1 %+0.65.6
Cost of Brilliance21,66055.0 %+0.55.6
Last Gasp33,89855.0 %+0.56.2
Pest Mascot44,68655.0 %+0.54.4
Send in the Pest35,59055.0 %+0.55.4
Burrog Barrage32,46154.7 %+0.25.4
Wander Off30,19254.4 %-0.15.1

The other archetypes of the set