The Awakening · Character
Pestilence
The modern-day Harbinger of Pestilence is a cold and unsettling force capable of spreading devastating biological and technological plagues across entire worlds. With the power to corrupt flesh, cripple machinery, and sow chaos wherever he walks, he stands among the deadliest of the Harbingers. In the TCG, Pestilence weakens opposing forces through corruption and toxic effects, slowly breaking down enemies while spreading deadly Toxic counters across the field.
Character file
- Eras
- Cosmic Era · The Awakening
- Affiliation
- Harbinger
- Home world
- Plagueholme
- Contender color
- Green
- Contender versions
- Pestilence, Prince of Plagues · Pestilence, Toxic Presence
- First card
- Clashgrounds (Set 2), 2023
- In the TCG
- 22 unique cards: Clashgrounds (Set 2), Unrivaled (Set 3), Clash Kit #4, Genesis Returns (Set 4), Equilibrium (Set 5), Spoils of the Vault
- Card art by
- Kyle Petchock, Leandro Raimundo & James Frank, Sonderflex, Alex T. Trip
- Products
- Harbinger Board Game Expansion
- In the news
- Clashground: Makati Recap | Top 8, Bounties & Decklists · August 25, 2026
In both eras
Pestilence appears in both eras: the Cosmic Era and The Awakening, where the modern-day Harbinger of Pestilence spreads his plagues.
In the TCG
Pestilence cards
How Pestilence plays
- Pestilence, the Infectious (AC2-033 · Green Clash, cost 1, 2/1): Trigger - Enter: Target Clash card gets -2/-2 until end of turn. If the Portal is closed, you discard one card.
- Pestilence, Devious Servant (AC2-031 · Green Clash, cost 4, 0/4): Exclusive This card gets +1/+0 for each card in your hand. Trigger - Attack: If you have three or fewer cards in your hand, draw one card. At the end of your turn, if you have seven or more cards in your hand, ready another target Clash card you control.
- Pestilence, Mayhem Maker (AC2-034 · Green Clash, cost 2, 1/1): Trigger - Enter: Target Contender or Clash card gets -1/-1 until end of turn, then you draw one card.
- Pestilence, Toxic Presence (ST4-001 · Green Contender, 1/0): 25: Once per turn, during your Primary Phase, you may move any number of Toxic Counters from a permanent you control to target Clash card. Once per turn, whenever two or more Toxic Counters are put on a Clash card you don't control, target player discards one card. 15: Non-[Pestilence] Clash cards you don't control with one or more Toxic Counters lose all abilities.
- Pestilence, Putrid Contagion (AC4-047 · Green Clash, cost 5, 3/5): Exclusive Trigger - Enter: Each opponent discards one card. If a non-Clash card was discarded this way, that player's Contender loses three health. At the start of your turn, if the Portal is open, you may resolve this card's Trigger - Enter effect as though it just entered play.
Card text from the official card database. See the Card Gallery for every printing.