---
name: "Archmage's Newt"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Salamander Mount"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Saddle"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "316"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo"
oracle_id: "75ffebc4-8db9-4de6-a330-e3f41cdccecc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archmages-newt-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Archmage's Newt
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Salamander Mount
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Saddle

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. That card gains flashback {0} until end of turn instead if this creature is saddled. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Saddle 3

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Snapcaster Mage](/printing/snapcaster-mage-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
2. [Sphinx of Forgotten Lore](/printing/sphinx-of-forgotten-lore-fdn.md) — Creature — Sphinx
3. [Stingcaster Mage](/printing/stingcaster-mage-fra.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Lost in Memories](/printing/lost-in-memories-tle.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Backdraft Hellkite](/printing/backdraft-hellkite-2x2.md) — Creature — Dragon
6. [Flashback](/printing/flashback-sos.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #316
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`