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Pain 101
Oracle Text
Until end of turn, target creature gains deathtouch and "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Pain 101 reads like a brutally simple lesson in fighting dirty: for {1}{B}, one creature becomes a lethal threat and, if it falls, it gets back up tapped and ready to keep the pressure on. In gameplay terms, this is strongest in tempo and midrange shells that want to turn every combat step into a bad trade for the opponent. Deathtouch makes even small bodies into credible blockers or attackers, while the built-in return clause discourages removal and can force awkward blocks. It pairs especially well with evasive creatures, cheap recursive threats, or any attacker that benefits from “suicide” combat lines, since you can send it in, trade up, and still recover it. In black-based sacrifice decks, it also works as a pseudo-protection spell: cash the creature in, then replay it later for more enter-the-battlefield value. The name fits the theme perfectly—this is a lesson in how pain becomes persistence.
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Character Background
Pain 101 reads like a brutally simple lesson in fighting dirty: for {1}{B}, one creature becomes a lethal threat and, if it falls, it gets back up tapped and ready to keep the pressure on. In gameplay terms, this is strongest in tempo and midrange shells that want to turn every combat step into a bad trade for the opponent. Deathtouch makes even small bodies into credible blockers or attackers, while the built-in return clause discourages removal and can force awkward blocks. It pairs especially well with evasive creatures, cheap recursive threats, or any attacker that benefits from “suicide” combat lines, since you can send it in, trade up, and still recover it. In black-based sacrifice decks, it also works as a pseudo-protection spell: cash the creature in, then replay it later for more enter-the-battlefield value. The name fits the theme perfectly—this is a lesson in how pain becomes persistence.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 19:20:43 UTC