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Thumbscrews

Card Name

Thumbscrews

Mana Cost

2

Type

Artifact

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

During your upkeep, if you have five or more cards in your hand, Thumbscrews deals 1 damage to target opponent.

Flavor Text

"We will start small, I think." —Volrath

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
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.