---
name: "Festering Newt"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Salamander"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "M14"
set_name: "Magic 2014"
collector_number: "98"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Eric Deschamps"
oracle_id: "5887922e-d1fb-44e2-9498-2065ce8ac870"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/festering-newt-m14"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Festering Newt
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Salamander
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. That creature gets -4/-4 instead if you control a creature named Bogbrew Witch.

> *Il dorso ribolle come il calderone di una strega e puzza allo stesso modo.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Festering Goblin](/printing/festering-goblin-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
2. [Bubbling Cauldron](/printing/bubbling-cauldron-jmp.md) — Artifact
3. [Bogbrew Witch](/printing/bogbrew-witch-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Noxious Newt](/printing/noxious-newt-sos.md) — Creature — Salamander
5. [Grim Physician](/printing/grim-physician-thb.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Burrog Banemaker](/printing/burrog-banemaker-sos.md) — Creature — Frog Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2014 (M14) #98
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Eric Deschamps
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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