Bogbrew Witch — ruling 1

You don’t have to declare which card you’re searching for when you activate Bogbrew Witch’s ability. You may find either while you’re searching.

Bogbrew Witch : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Bogbrew Witch is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

, : Search your library for a card named Festering Newt or Bubbling Cauldron, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

How it works : Bogbrew Witch

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1November 17, 2017· Wizards of the Coast
You don’t have to declare which card you’re searching for when you activate Bogbrew Witch’s ability. You may find either while you’re searching.
No other card is named in this ruling.

Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

#1
Bogbrew Witch + Festering Newt + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
1Activate Bogbrew Witch by paying and tapping it, searching your library for Festering Newt and putting it onto the battlefield.
2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Festering Newt, adding .
3When Festering Newt dies, it, Bogbrew Witch and Mortuary trigger.
4Resolve the Festering Newt trigger, giving any creature an opponent controls -4/-4 until end of turn.
5Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Festering Newt on top of your library from your graveyard.
6Resolve the Bogbrew Witch trigger, untapping it.
7Repeat.

#1
Bogbrew Witch + Festering Newt + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
1Activate Bogbrew Witch by paying and tapping it, searching your library for Festering Newt and putting it onto the battlefield.
2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Festering Newt, adding .
3When Festering Newt dies, it, Bogbrew Witch and Mortuary trigger.
4Resolve the Festering Newt trigger, giving any creature an opponent controls -4/-4 until end of turn.
5Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Festering Newt on top of your library from your graveyard.
6Resolve the Bogbrew Witch trigger, untapping it.
7Repeat.

Interactions with other cards

These cards' text mentions Bogbrew Witch.

Festering Newt

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.