---
name: "Stinging Lionfish"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment Creature — Fish"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "THB"
set_name: "Theros Beyond Death"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Christopher Burdett"
oracle_id: "ffd6c4b8-928d-40f1-9549-d13fa0b3af82"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stinging-lionfish-thb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Stinging Lionfish
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment Creature — Fish
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, you may tap or untap target nonland permanent.

> *Starfish are its favorite prey.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Wavebreak Hippocamp](/printing/wavebreak-hippocamp-thb.md) — Enchantment Creature — Horse Fish
2. [Dreamstalker Manticore](/printing/dreamstalker-manticore-thb.md) — Enchantment Creature — Manticore
3. [Shadow in the Warp](/printing/shadow-in-the-warp-40k.md) — Enchantment
4. [Arena Trickster](/printing/arena-trickster-thb.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
5. [Mind's Dilation](/printing/minds-dilation-otc.md) — Enchantment
6. [Esper Sentinel](/printing/esper-sentinel-j21.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Theros Beyond Death (THB) #69
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Christopher Burdett
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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