Slow the Blade
Stab Wound gives you a quietly efficient answer for awkward threats. Stab Wound enchants a creature for {2}{B} and immediately reduces its board presence by applying a -2/-2 penalty. It is straightforward to cast and sits well in a suite of removal and disruption where incremental advantage matters more than a single decisive strike.
Beyond the stat reduction, Stab Wound wears away at life totals over time. At the beginning of the enchanted creature's controller's upkeep that player loses 2 life, which makes this aura useful in attrition plays, clocking slower decks and pressuring opponents who rely on chump blockers. This card fits easily into sacrifice builds, value black decks, and any list that benefits from recurring small bleed effects while keeping creature bodies in check.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost – {2}{B}
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Card Type – Enchantment — Aura
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Subtypes – Aura
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Enchant creature. Enchanted creature gets -2/-2. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player loses 2 life.