---
name: "Stinging Study"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2481"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Shiro"
oracle_id: "115bc79e-a109-42d7-ac58-2ee8dc0a959f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stinging-study-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stinging Study
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.

> *Bite marks in the practicum become top marks on the final.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Damnable Pact](/printing/damnable-pact-c17.md) — Sorcery
2. [Commander's Insight](/printing/commanders-insight-soc.md) — Instant
3. [Sanguimancy](/printing/sanguimancy-bng.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ambition's Cost](/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Minions' Murmurs](/printing/minions-murmurs-tsr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Tax Draw](/printing/tax-draw-unk.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2481
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Shiro
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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