Thoughtseize 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.
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Official card text
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.
How it works : Thoughtseize
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You lose 2 life even if the target player has no nonland cards in their hand to discard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Worldfire + Hive Mind + Thoughtseize + Hypersonic Dragon
Each opponent loses the gameExile all cards in hands and graveyardsExile all permanentsNear-infinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Thoughtseize by paying
. - 2Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Thoughtseize.
- 3Holding priority, cast Worldfire by paying
. - 4Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Worldfire.
- 5Resolve each Worldfire on the stack, exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to one.
- 6Resolve the first opponent's copy of Thoughtseize, causing them to lose 2 life.
- 7The opponent loses the game due to having less than zero life.
- 8Repeat from step 6 for each remaining opponent.
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#2
Worldfire + Hive Mind + Thoughtseize + Tidal Barracuda
Each opponent loses the gameExile all cards in hands and graveyardsExile all permanentsNear-infinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Thoughtseize by paying .
- 2Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Thoughtseize.
- 3Holding priority, cast Worldfire by paying .
- 4Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Worldfire.
- 5Resolve each Worldfire on the stack, exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to one.
- 6Resolve the first opponent's copy of Thoughtseize, causing them to lose 2 life.
- 7The opponent loses the game due to having less than zero life.
- 8Repeat from step 6 for each remaining opponent.
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#3
Worldfire + Hive Mind + Thoughtseize + Emergence Zone
Each opponent loses the gameExile all cards in hands and graveyardsExile all permanentsNear-infinite lifeloss
- 1Activate Emergence Zone's second ability by paying
and tapping it, allowing you to cast spells this turn as though they have flash. - 2Cast Thoughtseize by paying .
- 3Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Thoughtseize.
- 4Holding priority, cast Worldfire by paying .
- 5Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Worldfire.
- 6Resolve each Worldfire on the stack, exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to one.
- 7Resolve the first opponent's copy of Thoughtseize, causing them to lose 2 life.
- 8The opponent loses the game due to having less than zero life.
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#4
Worldfire + Hive Mind + Thoughtseize + Leyline of Anticipation
Each opponent loses the gameExile all cards in hands and graveyardsExile all permanentsNear-infinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Thoughtseize by paying .
- 2Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Thoughtseize.
- 3Holding priority, cast Worldfire by paying .
- 4Hive Mind triggers, causing each opponent to create a copy of Worldfire.
- 5Resolve each Worldfire on the stack, exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to one.
- 6Resolve the first opponent's copy of Thoughtseize, causing them to lose 2 life.
- 7The opponent loses the game due to having less than zero life.
- 8Repeat from step 6 for each remaining opponent.
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Legal formats
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