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Lethal Sting
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Hour of DevastationHOU · #67
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.13 € · ★ 0.29 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 0.35 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control. Destroy target creature.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Randy Vargas
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2017-07-14
Flavour text
Initiates once believed defeat was the worst fate possible—a sentiment they quickly abandoned.
Rulings
If you don’t control any creatures or can’t put any -1/-1 counters on any creature you control, you can’t cast Lethal Sting.
