---
name: "Dingus Staff"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "WTH-149"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Richard Kane Ferguson"
oracle_id: "7127fc35-600c-4397-8c01-5327d3c4944b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dingus-staff-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dingus Staff
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature dies, this artifact deals 2 damage to that creature's controller.

> *"A sharp conscience is the weapon of the soul."
—Hanna, *Weatherlight* navigator*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Dingus Egg](/printing/dingus-egg-5ed.md) — Artifact
2. [Soul Net](/printing/soul-net-leb.md) — Artifact
3. [Perilous Myr](/printing/perilous-myr-a25.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr
4. [Runed Servitor](/printing/runed-servitor-ori.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct
5. [Dross Scorpion](/printing/dross-scorpion-mrd.md) — Artifact Creature — Scorpion
6. [Onulet](/printing/onulet-3ed.md) — Artifact Creature — Construct

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #WTH-149
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Richard Kane Ferguson
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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