---
name: "Lethal Sting"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "HOU"
set_name: "Hour of Devastation"
collector_number: "67"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Randy Vargas"
oracle_id: "464749e1-9df2-47d0-8fcd-516f566022b5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lethal-sting-hou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lethal Sting
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.
Destroy target creature.

> *Когда-то послушники думали, что не может быть судьбы хуже, чем поражение. Они быстро отказались от этой мысли.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soulstinger](/printing/soulstinger-akh.md) — Creature — Scorpion Demon
2. [Torment of Venom](/printing/torment-of-venom-hou.md) — Instant
3. [Scorpion's Sting](/printing/scorpions-sting-spm.md) — Instant
4. [Bogslither's Embrace](/printing/bogslithers-embrace-ecl.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fevered Convulsions](/printing/fevered-convulsions-tmp.md) — Enchantment
6. [Banewhip Punisher](/printing/banewhip-punisher-hou.md) — Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Hour of Devastation (HOU) #67
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Randy Vargas
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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