---
name: "Stabbing Pain"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "M11"
set_name: "Magic 2011"
collector_number: "118"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai"
oracle_id: "604ad5b3-7f11-455e-9442-65b7484238e5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stabbing-pain-m11"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Stabbing Pain
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Tap that creature.

> *"Puedes quitarle las ganas de luchar a casi cualquier criatura si sabes dónde está su punto débil."
—Gúttor, retuercecarne*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant
2. [Scorpion's Sting](/printing/scorpions-sting-spm.md) — Instant
3. [Wring Flesh](/printing/wring-flesh-m12.md) — Instant
4. [Disfigure](/printing/disfigure-ddr.md) — Instant
5. [Afflict](/printing/afflict-ody.md) — Instant
6. [Lash of the Whip](/printing/lash-of-the-whip-ths.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2011 (M11) #118
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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