Terror of Towashi is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Deathtouch Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay. When you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Complete guide
Terror of Towashi is a powerful Phyrexian Ogre that turns the combat phase into a recruitment drive for your graveyard. With its lethal deathtouch, it forces opponents into difficult blocking decisions while simultaneously resurrecting fallen allies. This card is a must-answer threat that provides continuous value and tribal synergy.
A Reflexive Resurrection
Terror of Towashi utilizes a specific kind of triggered ability known as a 'reflexive' trigger. When it attacks, the ability goes on the stack first. You do not choose a target creature card in your graveyard yet. You only choose whether to pay {3}{B} as the ability resolves. If you choose to pay, a second, separate ability triggers immediately, and that is when you select your target creature card to return to the battlefield.
The Phyrexian Transformation
Any creature brought back by Terror of Towashi gains the Phyrexian creature type in addition to its existing types. This change is permanent for as long as the permanent remains on the battlefield. Note that if the permanent somehow stops being a creature (for example, a non-creature artifact that was temporarily animated), it will lose the Phyrexian type until it becomes a creature again.
Strategic Timing and Common Pitfalls
Because the target is chosen only after you pay the mana, your opponents cannot respond to your choice of target until after the mana has already been spent. However, they can respond to the initial attack trigger before you pay. Be careful: if the creature card is removed from your graveyard in response to the reflexive trigger, the ability will fail to resolve and the mana you spent remains spent.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWhen Terror of Towashi attacks, you pay {3}{B}. You target Solemn Simulacrum in your graveyard. The Simulacrum enters the battlefield as a Phyrexian Golem, triggering its ability to search for a land. If it dies again later, you still get to draw a card, and you can repeat the process on your next attack.
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Phyrexian' chosen as the creature type, Terror of Towashi's attack ability triggers twice. This allows you to pay {3}{B} two separate times. Each time you pay, you get a reflexive trigger to return a creature card, potentially bringing back two creatures (like two copies of Solemn Simulacrum) in a single combat phase.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Terror of Towashi
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Terror of Towashi’s triggered ability triggers and goes on the stack without a target. If you pay
, the second “reflexive” triggered ability will trigger. You’ll choose the target creature card for that second ability at that time.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The effect making the creature a Phyrexian doesn’t have a duration. It lasts until the creature leaves the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If the creature stops being a creature after the ability has resolved, it will also stop being a Phyrexian until it becomes a creature again, if applicable.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
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Time Sieve + Myr Battlesphere + Terror of Towashi
- 1Declare Terror of Towashi as an attacker.
- 2Terror of Towashi triggers, causing you to pay to return Myr Battlesphere from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3When Myr Battlesphere enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating four 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens.
- 4Activate Time Sieve by tapping it, sacrificing Myr Battlesphere and sacrificing the four Myr tokens, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 5Repeat each turn.
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