---
name: "Death of a Thousand Stings"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Scott M. Fischer"
oracle_id: "25895c28-23c1-439e-858b-5cb31fdc31de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/death-of-a-thousand-stings-sok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Death of a Thousand Stings
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle Text
Target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have more cards in hand than each opponent, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Last Caress](/printing/last-caress-apc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Touch of Death](/printing/touch-of-death-5ed.md) — Sorcery
3. [Death Denied](/printing/death-denied-mm2.md) — Instant — Arcane
4. [Stinging Study](/printing/stinging-study-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Shattered Crypt](/printing/shattered-crypt-wth.md) — Sorcery
6. [Suffer the Past](/printing/suffer-the-past-c21.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #64
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Scott M. Fischer
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`