Plague Stinger
Plague Stinger: Creature - Phyrexian Insect Horror, Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander. Flying. Infect. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Phyrexian Insect Horror
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)
- Released
- 2023-02-10
- Collector number
- 96
- Artist
- Ryan Pancoast
- Commander rank
- 4,766 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Infect
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About Plague Stinger
Plague Stinger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black creature from Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC), a Commander product released in February 2023. It is collector number 96 in that set, with art by Ryan Pancoast. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Scars of Mirrodin (2010) to Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.91 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
It leaves its victims one sting closer to phyresis.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.91 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Plague Stinger by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Plague Stinger
Plague Stinger has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #37867 | Common | 2014 |
| DCI Promos (DCI) #59 | Rare | 2010 |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #75 | Common | 2010 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Plague Stinger, newest first.
- Damage from a source with infect is damage in all respects. If the source with infect also has lifelink, damage dealt by that source also causes its controller to gain that much life. Damage from a source with infect can be prevented or redirected. Abilities that trigger on damage being dealt will trigger if a source with infect deals damage, if appropriate.
- Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
- If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn't get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn't get -1/-1 counters.
- A player who has ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action.
- Infect's effect applies to any damage, not just combat damage.
- The -1/-1 counters remain on the creature indefinitely. They're not removed if the creature regenerates or the turn ends.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Plague Stinger is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.