---
name: "Festering Thicket"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Land — Swamp Forest"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: ["Cycling"]
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "371"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jakob Eirich"
oracle_id: "bdb9b2ce-342c-4935-8943-d0c3971b1e38"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/festering-thicket-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Festering Thicket
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Land — Swamp Forest
- **Keywords:** Cycling

## Oracle Text
({T}: Add {B} or {G}.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fetid Pools](/printing/fetid-pools-msc.md) — Land — Island Swamp
2. [Sheltered Thicket](/printing/sheltered-thicket-ecc.md) — Land — Mountain Forest
3. [Ziatora's Proving Ground](/printing/ziatoras-proving-ground-snc.md) — Land — Swamp Mountain Forest
4. [Tranquil Thicket](/printing/tranquil-thicket-dsc.md) — Land
5. [Umbral Expanse](/printing/umbral-expanse-soc.md) — Land — Plains Swamp
6. [Rain-Slicked Copse](/printing/rain-slicked-copse-soc.md) — Land — Forest Island

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #371
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jakob Eirich

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2025-07-25)* Unlike some other dual lands, Festering Thicket has two basic land types. It’s not basic, so effects that search for basic lands (such as the ability of a Lander token) can’t find it, but it does have the appropriate land types for effects such as that of Wastewood Verge (from the Aetherdrift release).