---
name: "Smoldering Butcher"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Warrior"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Wither"]
set: "EVE"
set_name: "Eventide"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "b0f56eef-1abc-437e-8e2e-c079731fe783"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/smoldering-butcher-eve"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Smoldering Butcher
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/2
- **Keywords:** Wither

## Oracle Text
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

> *Auf der Axt eines Rußwesens findest du keine Spuren von Abwehrmanövern.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sickle Ripper](/printing/sickle-ripper-mm2.md) — Creature — Elemental Warrior
2. [Inescapable Brute](/printing/inescapable-brute-shm.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior
3. [Scuzzback Scrapper](/printing/scuzzback-scrapper-shm.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
4. [Wildslayer Elves](/printing/wildslayer-elves-shm.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
5. [Hateflayer](/printing/hateflayer-eve.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Harvest Gwyllion](/printing/harvest-gwyllion-eve.md) — Creature — Hag

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eventide (EVE) #42
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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