---
name: "Putrefying Rotboar"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Boar"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Lifelink"]
set: "YBLB"
set_name: "Alchemy: Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "10"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "055e3ea0-266b-4ec6-b8fa-70a96d5e8581"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/putrefying-rotboar-yblb"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Putrefying Rotboar
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Boar
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Lifelink

## Oracle Text
Lifelink
Whenever a Boar you control attacks, each nonland card in defending player's hand perpetually gains "When you cast this spell, you lose 1 life."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Brindle Boar](/printing/brindle-boar-m14.md) — Creature — Boar
2. [Coalhauler Swine](/printing/coalhauler-swine-j22.md) — Creature — Boar Beast
3. [Putrid Hexhag](/printing/putrid-hexhag-yecl.md) — Creature — Goblin Warlock
4. [Thieving Varmint](/printing/thieving-varmint-otc.md) — Creature — Varmint
5. [Golgari Rotwurm](/printing/golgari-rotwurm-rav.md) — Creature — Zombie Wurm
6. [Nessian Boar](/printing/nessian-boar-pthb.md) — Creature — Boar

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Bloomburrow (YBLB) #10
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall

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