Stabbing Pain
Magic 2011 (M11) #118 · Common · Instant
Mana cost: {B}
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 · Released July 16, 2010
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.12 USD · €0.07 EUR
- Foil: $0.45 USD · €0.20 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 10, 2026: down $0.02 USD (14.3%) to $0.12 USD; low $0.12 USD, high $0.14 USD.
Printings
- Magic 2011 #118 (this printing) · Common · 2010 · $0.12 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Not legal
- Historic: Not legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Not legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Not legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2010-08-15 · wotc — 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 · wotc — You may target any creature with Stabbing Pain. It’s okay if it’s already tapped.