---
name: "Festering Evil"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "WTH"
set_name: "Weatherlight"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "John Matson"
oracle_id: "0581b047-ffa1-42cc-a175-b7bf928e279e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/festering-evil-wth"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Festering Evil
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
{B}{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 3 damage to each creature and each player.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pestilence](/printing/pestilence-brb.md) — Enchantment
2. [Screams of the Damned](/printing/screams-of-the-damned-ody.md) — Enchantment
3. [Plague Spitter](/printing/plague-spitter-wc01.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
4. [Withering Wisps](/printing/withering-wisps-me2.md) — Enchantment
5. [Famine](/printing/famine-ptk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Lim-Dûl's Hex](/printing/lim-dûls-hex-ice.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Weatherlight (WTH) #68
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** John Matson
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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