Stabbing Pain
Instant
"You can take the fight out of nearly any creature if you know where its soft spot is." —Guttor, flesh-warper
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 896
- Illustrator
- Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Found in
- 2011 Core Set Intro Pack Blades of Victory · 2011 Core Set MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
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Rulings
2 · latest Aug 15, 2010 · one tap opens all
- WotCAug 15, 2010
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.
- WotCAug 15, 2010
You may target any creature with Stabbing Pain. It’s okay if it’s already tapped.