---
name: "Toxic Stench"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "JUD"
set_name: "Judgment"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Bradley Williams"
oracle_id: "9c3be33b-0be9-49ec-8160-898cbcab8814"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/toxic-stench-jud"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Toxic Stench
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
Target nonblack creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Threshold — If there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, instead destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cabal Torturer](/printing/cabal-torturer-tor.md) — Creature — Human Minion
2. [Stench of Decay](/printing/stench-of-decay-all.md) — Instant
3. [Ghastly Demise](/printing/ghastly-demise-cmr.md) — Instant
4. [Fatal Fumes](/printing/fatal-fumes-dgm.md) — Instant
5. [Stone-Tongue Basilisk](/printing/stone-tongue-basilisk-prm.md) — Creature — Basilisk
6. [Infected Vermin](/printing/infected-vermin-ody.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Judgment (JUD) #74
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Bradley Williams
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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