Stinging Study

Mana cost

Mana value5TypeInstant Color identity

Black RarityRare SetCommander 2021 (C21) ArtistKieran Yanner Price€14.29 · $9.26

About this card

Stinging Study is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 5 (color identity: black). First printed in Commander 2021 (2021); 3 paper printings in total. Role in Commander: card draw. It is one of the 5,000 most played cards in Commander (EDHREC rank 3,422). Legal in Commander, Legacy and Vintage. Cheapest printing: €14.38 (Commander 2021); most expensive: €15.08 (Commander 2021).

Stinging Study

Instant

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.

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Name in each language

FrançaisÉtude piquanteEnglishStinging StudyEspañolEstudio punzanteDeutschStechendes StudiumItalianoStudio PungentePortuguêsEstudo Pungente日本語刺のある研究

Legality

CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal

Rulings

2021-04-16
If your commander is under the control of another player as Stinging Study resolves, it is still on the battlefield and will still be used to determine the value of X.

2021-04-16
If you own multiple commanders on the battlefield and/or in the command zone, you choose one of them as Stinging Study resolves to determine the value of X.