Noxious Newt

Secrets of Strixhaven #155

Noxious Newt - Secrets of Strixhaven

Type: Creature — Salamander

Mana cost: {1}{G}

Card text: Deathtouch {T}: Add {G}.

P/T: 1/2

Rarity: common

Artist: Aaron Miller

"Brightly-colored skin doesn't always mean a creature is poisonous, but why take the risk?"

Released: April 24, 2026

Prices

$0.28 USD · $0.30 USD (Foil) · €0.12 EUR

Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Noxious Newt in Secrets of Strixhaven limited

common

Hydro-Channeler
Hydro-Channeler
Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Both are mana dorks that help cast instants and sorceries, creating a strong mana base for spell-heavy decks.

Landscape Painter // Vibrant Idea
Landscape Painter // Vibrant Idea
Creature — Merfolk Wizard // Sorcery

Newt can help cast Vibrant Idea to draw cards, and the 1/2 body blocks well alongside the deathtouch Newt.

Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
Creature — Bear Wizard // Sorcery

Newt helps cast Rampant Growth early to accelerate your mana, and both are efficient early creatures that enable spell strategies.

uncommon

Abstract Paintmage
Abstract Paintmage
Creature — Djinn Sorcerer

Newt helps cast instant and sorcery spells, and Paintmage provides mana specifically for those spell types, creating a strong spell-slinging engine.

rare

Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life
Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life
Creature — Bear Druid // Instant

Both have deathtouch making them excellent blockers, and Newt can help generate mana to cast Bind to Life and reanimate creatures.