Thumbscrews {2}
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have five or more cards in hand, Thumbscrews deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
"We will start small, I think."
—Volrath
—Volrath
Details
- Artist: Charles Gillespie
- Collector Number: 312
- Available only as nonfoil
- Rarity: rare
- Released: 1997-10-14
- Set: Tempest
Legalities
- legal Commander
- legal Duel Commander
- legal Legacy
- legal MTGO Commander
- legal Penny Dreadful
- legal Premodern
- legal Tempest Block
- legal Vintage
Rulings
- 2004-10-04 It checks the number of cards in your hand at the beginning of upkeep, and if you have 4 or fewer cards in hand it will not trigger. It checks again when it resolves and will not deal damage unless you still have 5 or more cards in hand.
Links
Printings
- Tempest (rare)
Foreign names
- Daumenschrauben
- Poucettes
- Schiacciapollici
- 親指締め具
- Esmaga Dedos
- Empulgueras