---
name: "Stab Wound"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "M15"
set_name: "Magic 2015"
collector_number: "116"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Scott Chou"
oracle_id: "aad212b2-57ba-4e70-869b-636842eb7a88"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stab-wound-m15"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Stab Wound
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Bleed](/printing/soul-bleed-m10.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant
3. [Morgul-Knife Wound](/printing/morgul-knife-wound-ltr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Debilitating Injury](/printing/debilitating-injury-ktk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Enfeeblement](/printing/enfeeblement-9ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Clawing Torment](/printing/clawing-torment-neo.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2015 (M15) #116
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Scott Chou
- **Total Printings:** 49 across all historical editions

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