---
name: "Squelching Leeches"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Leech"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Svetlin Velinov"
oracle_id: "662a2158-4176-4b4a-be6a-13f4501d22f9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/squelching-leeches-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Squelching Leeches
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Leech
- **Power/Toughness:** */*

## Oracle Text
Squelching Leeches's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Swamps you control.

> *As sanguessugas são sagradas para os seguidores de Fárica por sugarem o veneno das feridas, mas são temidas por todos os outros por sugarem o sangue da carne.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Leechridden Swamp](/printing/leechridden-swamp-hop.md) — Land — Swamp
2. [Jorubai Murk Lurker](/printing/jorubai-murk-lurker-m15.md) — Creature — Leech
3. [Swampbenders](/printing/swampbenders-tle.md) — Creature — Human Druid Ally
4. [Viscid Lemures](/printing/viscid-lemures-tsp.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Defile](/printing/defile-sld.md) — Instant
6. [Gargantuan Leech](/printing/gargantuan-leech-lci.md) — Creature — Leech

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #84
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Svetlin Velinov
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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