Daru Stinger
Creature — Soldier
Amplify 1 (As this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each Soldier card you reveal in your hand.)
: This creature deals damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to target attacking or blocking creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #29385
Daru Stinger is a narrow morphs-matter payoff — it deals damage equal to the number of face-down creatures you control when it's turned face up, which means it requires significant board infrastructure before it does anything meaningful. Outside a dedicated morph shell, the ceiling is too low to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Daru Stinger is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but meaningful play is essentially confined to Commander morph decks. In Legacy and Vintage, a conditional damage trigger attached to a 1/1 body competes with formats that end games on turn one or two — it never sees play. Pauper is its best non-Commander home in theory, but morph is not a supported archetype there either. In Commander, Daru Stinger earns a look in dedicated morph commanders like Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer, where multiple face-down creatures are routine, but even there it's a fringe inclusion rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Daru Stinger is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable simply because demand is nearly nonexistent, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.