Servant of the Stinger

Servant of the Stinger

{1}{B}Creature — Human Warlock1/3

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Deathtouch

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you've committed a crime this turn, you may sacrifice this creature. If you do, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

What it does

Tagged as Tutor — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Keyword reminders

Deathtouch. Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. · CR 702.2 Read more →

Official rulings

  1. A player can commit only one crime per spell or ability they control. Targeting multiple opponents, permanents, spells, abilities, and/or cards with the same spell or ability doesn’t constitute committing multiple crimes. (2024-04-12)
  2. The spell or ability that constituted a crime doesn’t have to have resolved yet or at all. As soon as you’re finished casting the spell, activating the ability, or putting the triggered ability on the stack, you’ve committed a crime. (2024-04-12)
  3. Changing the target or targets of a spell or ability won’t affect whether or not the controller of that spell or ability has committed a crime. Only the initial targets chosen for that spell or ability are used to determine whether or not its controller committed a crime. (2024-04-12)
  4. For example, an ability that triggers when you cast a spell that targets an opponent will trigger at the same time as an ability that triggers whenever you commit a crime. Those abilities can be put on the stack in either order (if you control them both), and they’ll both resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger. (2024-04-12)
  5. A player commits a crime as they cast a spell, activate an ability, or put a triggered ability on the stack that targets at least one opponent, at least one permanent, spell, or ability an opponent controls, and/or at least one card in an opponent’s graveyard. (2024-04-12)

Printings & prices

Every set Servant of the Stinger has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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