Stabbing Pain {B}
Instant
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature.
“You can take the fight out of nearly any creature if you know where its soft spot is.”
—Guttor, flesh-warper
Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
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Notes and Rules Information for Stabbing Pain:
- If Stabbing Pain targets an untapped creature with 1 toughness, that creature gets -1/-1, then it becomes tapped, then (after Stabbing Pain resolves) it’s put into the graveyard as a state-based action. Similarly, if Stabbing Pain targets an untapped creature with 1 less than lethal damage marked on it (such as a 3/3 creature with 2 damage marked on it), that creature gets -1/-1, then it becomes tapped, then (after Stabbing Pain resolves) it’s destroyed as a state-based action. In each case, any abilities that trigger when that creature becomes tapped will trigger. (2010-08-15)
- You may target any creature with Stabbing Pain. It’s okay if it’s already tapped. (2010-08-15)