---
name: "Glistening Oil"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steven Belledin"
oracle_id: "645a4dee-a4e0-4850-a781-522aa718827f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/glistening-oil-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Glistening Oil
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has infect.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Festering Wound](/printing/festering-wound-uds.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Phyresis](/printing/phyresis-mbs.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Traveling Plague](/printing/traveling-plague-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Corrupted Conscience](/printing/corrupted-conscience-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Takklemaggot](/printing/takklemaggot-me3.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Foul Presence](/printing/foul-presence-apc.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #62
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steven Belledin
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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