Stabbing Pain

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
Details
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2010-08-15 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.
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Printings
  • Magic 2011 (common)

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Foreign names
  • 刺痛
  • 刺痛
  • Stechender Schmerz
  • Douleur lancinante
  • Dolore Lancinante
  • 突き刺す苦痛
  • Dor Penetrante
  • Колющая Боль
  • Dolor punzante