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Stabbing Pain
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Types
Instant
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Rules
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature.
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Rarity
Common
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Number
118
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Artist
Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
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Language
English
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Expansion
Magic 2011
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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.
2010-08-15
You may target any creature with Stabbing Pain. It’s okay if it’s already tapped.
2010-08-15
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"You can take the fight out of nearly any creature if you know where its soft spot is."
—Guttor, flesh-warper
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