Stabbing Pain
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic 2011M11 · #118
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.07 € · ★ 0.20 € · 0.12 $ · ★ 0.45 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2010-07-16
Flavour text
"You can take the fight out of nearly any creature if you know where its soft spot is." —Guttor, flesh-warper
Rulings
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.
You may target any creature with Stabbing Pain. It’s okay if it’s already tapped.