---
name: "Festerleech"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Leech"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Helge C. Balzer"
oracle_id: "d14fdc1d-62bc-4e9c-b79b-8c9c3232f0bc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/festerleech-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Festerleech
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Leech
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Mill

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you mill two cards.
{1}{B}: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.

> *"Cuatro muertos y decenas de mareados en el ataque de una sanguijuela zombie".
—Titular de La Voz del Distrito Décimo*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stitcher's Supplier](/printing/stitchers-supplier-j22.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Putrid Leech](/printing/putrid-leech-arb.md) — Creature — Zombie Leech
3. [Necromancer's Assistant](/printing/necromancers-assistant-m15.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Reef Pirates](/printing/reef-pirates-5ed.md) — Creature — Zombie Pirate
5. [Monstrous War-Leech](/printing/monstrous-war-leech-dmu.md) — Creature — Leech Horror
6. [Forsaken Drifters](/printing/forsaken-drifters-bng.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #85
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Helge C. Balzer
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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