Stabbing Pain

Instant

Magic 2011·#118·common·Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai

$0.03 / €0.05

Foil$0.40 / €0.20

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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

Legal in

Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Pauper

Rulings (2)

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.