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Nightshade Stinger

Creature — Faerie RogueBlack mana

Black almost never gets evasion for a single mana, and the can't-block clause is the toll it pays here. Strip a 1/1 flier of its ability to defend and you have a creature that can only ever do one thing: turn sideways. That single-mindedness is the design's appeal rather than its flaw, because a one-drop with a real defensive option invites a pilot to second-guess the attack, and this body removes the question entirely. It puts a point of flying damage in the air early and keeps poking, never inviting the temptation to hold back, since holding back is mechanically off the table. Faeries built around tempo have always wanted bodies that add to the clock without complicating the plan, and this is that idea reduced to its skeleton: evasion, a cheap cost, and no pretense of doing anything except racing. The flying keeps the damage off the ground where blockers would otherwise erase it; the no-block restriction is what stops the rate from being absurd in a color that rarely earns cheap flight. It is a deliberately narrow piece, the kind of creature that rewards committing fully to the beatdown and punishes a hand hoping to trade and grind.

Nightshade Stinger (lrw)
LRW · #132common
Pricing
Normal: $0.13
Foil: $1.21
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying This creature can't block.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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