Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst (STX #327)
Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst is a rare printing from Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX #327), a Artifact // Sorcery. Illustrated by Dan Murayama Scott.
Card text
Pestilent Cauldron
Artifact
{T}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
{1}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
{4}, {T}: Exile four target cards from a single graveyard. Draw a card.
Restorative Burst
Sorcery
Return up to two target creature, land, and/or planeswalker cards from your graveyard to your hand. Each player gains 4 life. Exile Restorative Burst.
Details
| Type | Artifact // Sorcery |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Rare |
| Set | Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX) |
| Collector number | 327 |
| Artist | Dan Murayama Scott |
| Released | 2021-04-23 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.60, foil $0.62 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
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Legality
| Standard | Not legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Not legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Not legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Not legal |
| Pauper Commander | Not legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Not legal |
| TLR | Not legal |
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Rulings
- April 16, 2021 — Pestilent Cauldron’s second ability counts the total amount of life gained without considering any life you lost during that turn. For example, if you lost 2 life and gained 2 life earlier in the turn, your opponents will mill two cards.
- April 16, 2021 — You must be able to target four cards in a single graveyard in order to activate Pestilent Cauldron’s last ability.
- April 16, 2021 — You may cast Restorative Burst with no targets. If you do, each player will gain 4 life and you’ll exile Restorative Burst. However, if you choose one or two target cards, and each of those cards is an illegal target as Restorative Burst tries to resolve (usually because something else moved them in response), Restorative Burst won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No one will gain life, and Restorative Burst won’t be exiled.
Other printings of Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst
Every MTGBrew page for another printing of Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst:
- Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst (PRM #90232)
- Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst (PSTX #154s)
- Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst (STX #154)
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