---
name: "Skittering Heartstopper"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "XLN"
set_name: "Ixalan"
collector_number: "122"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Aaron Miller"
oracle_id: "d07f497e-4cf8-4e12-b17e-e3d58ff9df47"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/skittering-heartstopper-xln"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Skittering Heartstopper
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2

## Oracle Text
{B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.

> *It flows like water over the forest floor, as deadly as the swiftest current.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battlefly Swarm](/printing/battlefly-swarm-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
2. [Fetid Imp](/printing/fetid-imp-m21.md) — Creature — Imp
3. [Onyx Mage](/printing/onyx-mage-m12.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Bladebrand](/printing/bladebrand-dbl.md) — Instant
5. [Lash of Thorns](/printing/lash-of-thorns-eld.md) — Instant
6. [Flesh Burrower](/printing/flesh-burrower-dsk.md) — Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ixalan (XLN) #122
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Aaron Miller
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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