Stinging Lionfish
Enchantment Creature — Fish
Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, you may tap or untap target nonland permanent.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #13991
Stinging Lionfish taps a creature your opponent controls every time you cast a spell from exile — a repeatable tap effect that costs nothing beyond its own inclusion. In Alaundo the Seer decks, where casting spells from exile is the whole game plan, it locks down blockers and utility creatures turn after turn without spending a card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alaundo the Seer
Alaundo the Seer's engine revolves around casting exiled spells each upkeep, and Stinging Lionfish converts every one of those casts into a free tap, letting you neutralize a blocker, stax piece, or mana dork before it can interfere with your board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Stinging Lionfish is a Commander card — full stop. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, a 2/3 that taps one creature per spell-from-exile is too conditional and too slow against the proactive threats those formats demand. Commander is where the math changes: three opponents means three targets, and in a deck like Alaundo the Seer that casts multiple spells from exile per turn cycle, Stinging Lionfish can soft-lock a table's worth of creatures over a single rotation. Outside of dedicated exile-cast shells, it's still a warm body doing nothing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Stinging Lionfish sits firmly in bulk territory, which is appropriate — it's a narrow build-around with no application outside its specific engine. Price stability is likely; it won't spike unless Alaundo the Seer or a similar commander becomes a breakout archetype.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Alaundo the Seer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.