First printed in New Phyrexia (2011)
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has infect.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
- Illustrated by
- Steven Belledin
- Watermark
- Phyrexian
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- Multiple instances of infect are redundant.
- The last ability will trigger no matter how Glistening Oil is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, not just when the enchanted creature is put into the graveyard.
- You choose a target creature for Glistening Oil as you cast it, just as you would with any Aura. If that creature is an illegal target when Glistening Oil tries to resolve, Glistening Oil won't resolve and will be put into its owner's graveyard. It won't enter and its last ability won't trigger.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
32 combos, the most popular first:
- Each opponent loses the game: Glistening Oil + Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Windfall
- Each opponent loses the game: Fate Unraveler + Glistening Oil + Windfall
- Each opponent loses the game: Glistening Oil + Orcish Bowmasters + Windfall
- Each opponent loses the game: Glistening Oil + Razorkin Needlehead + Windfall
- Each opponent loses the game: Glistening Oil + Kederekt Parasite + Windfall
- Each opponent loses the game: Glistening Oil + Super State
- Each opponent loses the game: Echo of Eons + Glistening Oil + Nekusar, the Mindrazer
- Each opponent loses the game: Echo of Eons + Glistening Oil + Razorkin Needlehead
- Each opponent loses the game: Echo of Eons + Fate Unraveler + Glistening Oil
- Each opponent loses the game: Echo of Eons + Glistening Oil + Kederekt Parasite
