Blooming Stinger
Creature — Plant Scorpion
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #15558
Blooming Stinger puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature and gives it deathtouch until end of turn — that's two poison counters off a single Fynn, the Fangbearer trigger for one green mana. In dedicated deathtouch-matters or poison shells, that efficiency is hard to match at one mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Fynn, the Fangbearer turns every deathtouch creature that connects into two poison counters, and Blooming Stinger lets any creature in the deck wear deathtouch for a turn — effectively doubling the poison output of whatever attacker you choose for a single green mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blooming Stinger is a Commander card in practice — outside of dedicated infect or Fynn shells, a one-mana instant that grants deathtouch until end of turn doesn't clear the bar in competitive formats. In Standard and Pioneer it's a sideboard consideration at best, useful for trading up against large threats but not threatening enough to main-deck without a payoff. Pauper is the one exception worth flagging: the format's creature-heavy metagame means deathtouch tricks have genuine combat value, and at common the card slots cleanly into aggressive green lists. Modern and Legacy move too fast for a +1/+1 counter plus deathtouch to matter unless you're already in a poison gameplan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Blooming Stinger is deep bulk — pick it up in a common box or throw it in any order to hit free shipping. Bulk commons tied to a single niche commander rarely climb in price, so don't expect movement unless Fynn, the Fangbearer decks see a sudden surge.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.