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Festering Newt

Card Name

Festering Newt

Mana Cost

Type

Creature – Salamander

Rarity

Common

rules Text

When this creature dies, target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. That creature gets -4/-4 instead if you control a creature named Bogbrew Witch.

Flavor Text

Its back bubbles like a witch's cauldron, and it smells just as vile.

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Standard

Rulings

(11/17/2017)
Whether you control a creature named Bogbrew Witch is checked only as the triggered ability resolves. How the target creature is affected won't change if you gain or lose control of all your Bogbrew Witches later in the turn.