Thumbscrews 
Artifact
Oracle text (EN)
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have five or more cards in hand, this artifact deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
Printing details
- Set
- TMP · 312
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- KO
- Artist
- Charles Gillespie
- Released
- 1997-10-14
- Prices
- – · –
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
Show the data
| Date | Cardmarket, trend |
|---|---|
| October 28, 2026 | €0.43 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.10 trend €0.43 30-day avg €0.38 | low – trend €0.00 30-day avg – |
| CardTrader (KO) | No offers | |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.50 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Oct 30, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 30, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Not legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Not legal
- competitivebrawl Not legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Not legal
- historic Not legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Legal
- premodern Legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Not legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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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.