Festering Newt

Creature — Salamander

When Festering Newt 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.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (34)

austintayshus on Card creation challenge

1 week ago

Rune of the Gibbous Moon {3}{B}

Enchantment

At the beginning of your endstep, draw a card and lose 1 life. Then, if you control there are cards named Festering Newt, Bogbrew Witch, and Bubbling Cauldron among permanents you control and/or in your graveyard, you may sacrifice Rune of the Gibbous Moon. If you do, search your library for a card and put that card into your hand.

"The newt was dead, the cauldron was bubbling, and the witch stood ready. All she needed was the moon"

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Hopefully this card is worded correctly lol

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Challenge: Ninja'd, see above

maxon on Halloween Deck Ideas

3 years ago

Bogbrew Witch Festering Newt and Bubbling Cauldron are loads of fun. I play with Lingering Souls, Elixir of Immortality, and Angelic Accord.

Those cards you already mention sound like they would be awesome in a bogbrew deck.

Jar of Eyeballs and Brain in a Jar are also spooky fun.

dichia on Witch

3 years ago

If you need a cheaper way to cast Festering Newt from graveyard you could use Unearth.

InfernalYeen on Witch

3 years ago

@ dichia

By the way, I have appreciated your help and recommendations. I like the idea of Alchemist's Refuge.

I did consider looking into the food sub-theme before. Now that I got a better feel for how the deck runs, I may just make that into another deck of it's own. But I'm definitely open to seeing how the cards you mentioned can work in this deck.

I'm also a long time edh player, so I assumed Prophet of Kruphix was banned in modern too, thankfully it's not. I love the idea of this card.

How Infinite Combo Works

Early Harvest untaps all basic lands Regrowth to bring Early Harvest back to your hand. Early Harvest a second time, play your second Regrowth Pay 3 for Mirari to copy Regrowth Regrowth two targets will be Early Harvest and one copy of Regrowth

Rinse and repeat cycle to gain infinite mana. Regrowth brings the second copy of Regrowth and refreshes mana with Early Harvest.

I realize this infinite combo would not work with Bubbling Cauldron since all that mana goes away when the turn is over, and Bubbling Cauldron wouldn't untap until the next upkeep with Unwinding Clock. Also I forgot Early Harvest only untaps basic lands. (This is why the combo was removed).

How deck works 1v1

To be honest, I don't know. At the multiplayer table, I found that Bubbling Cauldron is a huge target for removal. So I could only imagine how a single player would use their resources to stop that particular card. In multiplayer, it's easier to let someone else be a threat, wait till a lot of counter spells were used, then feel safer to play key cards.

Sac Multiple Times

Only way I'm able to sacrifice multiple newts in one turn is by having multiple copies of Bubbling Cauldron.

The way I intended to sacrifice newts outside my turn was through Unwinding Clock, only needing one copy of Bubbling Cauldron.

So it's a bit misleading of me infer a single cauldron could be used multiple times on my current turn. I have yet to find a combo that will enable this.

First idea that came to mind is Intruder Alarm and either Mycosynth Lattice or March of the Machines. Problem is i'd still need a way to get Festering Newt to etb from the graveyard, which Havengul Lich can do, but it costs 2 mana per cast, and 1 mana per cauldron ability. Really mana expensive.

However this combo COULD would work better with Cauldron Familiar and Witch's Oven, wouldn't need Havengul Lich either. Eliminating the need to spend mana.

kpres on Card creation challenge

3 years ago

Foxes are elusive scavengers or predators. They are shy, seldom seen, but opportunistic.

Shy Fox (g/w) How do you do hybrid mana?

Creature - Fox

Shy Fox can't attack if defending player controls a creature.

Lifelink

2/1

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Scavenging Fox

Creature - Fox

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, Scavenging Fox gains First Strike until end of turn.

2/1

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Shadow Fox

Creature - Fox

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, exile Shadow Fox. Return it to the battlefield at the beginning of the end step.

Lifelink

2/2

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Challenge: This is a multi-part challenge for more than one contributor. Part 1: Create a permanent card that searches for a card by name after some kind of condition is met. The card you're designing is one part of a two or three-part combo. Don't design the card being searched for, but instead let that be Part 2 of this challenge, to be done by someone else. You may add whatever you like to the conditions of Part 2, and you can even give that card a name because your artifact refers to it by name.

Inspiration for this comes from Bubbling Cauldron, Festering Newt, and Bogbrew Witch, or Sword of Kaldra, Shield of Kaldra, and Helm of Kaldra, or Renowned Weaponsmith with Vial of Dragonfire and Heart-Piercer Bow.

Icbrgr on Slaughterhouse II & 1/2: The Thatchers' Corruption

4 years ago

i would consider Bloodghast or Gravecrawler .... maybe Cauldron Familiar with Witch's Oven or perhaps Festering Newt + Bubbling Cauldron + Bogbrew Witch ?

KingKilvas on CMDR: Osculum Infame (Witchcraft Theme)

4 years ago

I know the combo isn't as strong without four ofs, but you should consider Bogbrew Witch and Festering Newt as well.

ZendikariWol on Count Vascula's Spooktacular EDH

4 years ago

I feel like this absolutely needs Identity Thief and a Delirium package. However, I think that this is more just a flavor thing, so I’ll say the above, Dark Impostor , Dimir Doppelganger , Arcane Adaptation , and the classic Bogbrew Witch , Festering Newt , and Bubbling Cauldron package. Laboratory Maniac is super flavorful as well.

But since you look to be going with some heavy black synergies... have you considered The Haunt of Hightower as a commander? It’s definitely, imo, the coolest Halloween-themed commander, being both super cool and very spooky. Still, I understand if you have an attachment to the Reaper King after so long.