---
name: "Thumbscrews"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "312"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Charles Gillespie"
oracle_id: "a8f1f55a-7a85-4338-b4d1-3d28f10f69a7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thumbscrews-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Thumbscrews
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Misers' Cage](/printing/misers-cage-mir.md) — Artifact
2. [Scalding Tongs](/printing/scalding-tongs-tmp.md) — Artifact
3. [Wheel of Torture](/printing/wheel-of-torture-plst.md) — Artifact
4. [Ebony Owl Netsuke](/printing/ebony-owl-netsuke-sok.md) — Artifact
5. [Skullcage](/printing/skullcage-5dn.md) — Artifact
6. [Black Vise](/printing/black-vise-30a.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #312
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Charles Gillespie
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`