Hero card

Pest Mascot

Creature - Pest Ape

PayoffThe more of what it needs is on the battlefield, the stronger it gets: the deck has to feed it a lot

Needs: Lifegain, Counter +1/+1

Gives: Counter +1/+1

Not in winning lists yet: read from the card text and the graph

Build a deck with Pest Mascot as the hero

Makes it work

Blech, Loafing Pest · Titanbones, Towering Heart · Tigra, Feline Fury · Fiendish Panda · Unflinching Hortimancer · Emergency Phytomedic · Ajani's Pridemate · Twinblade Paladin

Use instead if you don't have it

Attuned Hunter · Boom Scholar · Brako, Heartless Hunter · Kraven the Hunter · Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan · Mossborn Hydra

Cards in the meta that answer it

Countersculpt (Azorius Control) · Get Lost (Azorius Control) · Jeskai Revelation (4-Color Control) · Inevitable Defeat (4-Color Control)