Blech, Loafing Pest
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on each Pest, Bat, Insect, Snake, and Spider you control.
How Blech decks play in EDH
Blech, Loafing Pest is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 1BG, and its legendary creature - pest line shapes the whole deck around it. It cares about +1/+1 counters, so counter-doubling effects and creatures that grow on their own carry the deck. Life gain is a resource here rather than a safety net, so cards that convert life totals into damage or draw belong in the list. The cards below are the ones Blech, Loafing Pest decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $8.61Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (2)
Creatures (14)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Lands (1)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Blech, Loafing Pest decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Blech, Loafing Pest deck?
Blech, Loafing Pest has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Blech, Loafing Pest?
The cards played most often in Blech, Loafing Pest decks include Great Fierce Bee, Greenhouse Propagator, Dreaded Bat-Cloud. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Blech, Loafing Pest deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $8.61 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Blech, Loafing Pest deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.