Thrashing Wumpus 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
: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
Complete guide
Thrashing Wumpus is a classic black board-cleaper that turns your mana into a repeatable wave of destruction. By spending just one black mana, you can deal damage to every creature and player on the battlefield, making it a powerful tool for controlling the game state.
What it Does
Thrashing Wumpus possesses an activated ability that costs one black mana. Each time you activate this ability, the Wumpus deals 1 damage to every creature currently on the battlefield, including itself, and 1 damage to every player. Because this is an activated ability and not a triggered ability, you can use it as many times as you have mana for, provided the Wumpus is still on the battlefield.
Step-by-Step Resolution
When you activate the ability of Thrashing Wumpus, you first pay the black mana cost and put the ability on the stack. When the ability resolves, it checks for all creatures and players currently in the game. It then deals 1 damage to each of them simultaneously. After the ability finishes resolving, state-based actions are checked; if any creature has marked damage equal to or greater than its toughness, it is destroyed and moved to the graveyard.
Common Mistakes
A frequent error is assuming that Thrashing Wumpus can survive its own ability indefinitely. Since it has 4 toughness, activating the ability four times in a single turn without any toughness-boosting effects will result in the Wumpus dealing 4 damage to itself and dying. Additionally, remember that this is an activated ability, so it does not interact with effects that specifically double triggered abilities.
When to Play It
Thrashing Wumpus is best utilized when your opponents are relying on small creatures with low toughness, often referred to as 'weenies.' It also serves as a finisher in games where life totals are low, as you can repeatedly activate the ability to deal the final points of damage to your opponents, provided you have more life than they do.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf your opponent controls a Solemn Simulacrum and you control Thrashing Wumpus, you can activate the Wumpus's ability twice. Each activation deals 1 damage to the Solemn Simulacrum. After the second resolution, the Simulacrum will have 2 toughness and 2 marked damage, causing it to die. The Wumpus will remain on the battlefield with 2 marked damage out of its 4 toughness.
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Beast' chosen as the creature type, it will not double the ability of Thrashing Wumpus. The Wumpus has an activated ability (indicated by the colon), and Roaming Throne only affects triggered abilities (indicated by 'when', 'whenever', or 'at'). The Wumpus will simply deal 1 damage to the Roaming Throne each time you pay a black mana.
If you activate Thrashing Wumpus four times in a row, it deals a total of 4 damage to every creature and player. Since Thrashing Wumpus has 4 toughness, it will receive lethal damage from its own effect and be destroyed once the fourth ability resolves, unless its toughness has been increased by another effect.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Thrashing Wumpus
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Smaug the Impenetrable + Thrashing Wumpus
- 1Activate Thrashing Wumpus by paying , dealing 1 damage to each player and creature.
- 2Smaug triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 3Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
Crystalline Crawler + Gideon's Sacrifice + Vigor + Thrashing Wumpus
- 1Cast Gideon's Sacrifice by paying
, causing all damage that would be dealt this turn to you or to permanents you control to be dealt to Crystalline Crawler instead. - 2Activate Thrashing Wumpus by paying , dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- 3Gideon's Sacrifice redirects damage to Crawler, which results in at least four +1/+1 counters being placed on it instead due to Vigor.
- 4Activate Crystalline Crawler's first activated ability at least once by removing at least one +1/+1 counter from it, adding at least .
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Crystalline Crawler + Saving Grace + Vigor + Thrashing Wumpus
- 1Cast Saving Grace by paying
. - 2Saving Grace enters the battlefield attached to Crystalline Crawler, triggering itself, causing all damage that would be dealt to you or permanents you control this turn to be dealt to Crystalline Crawler instead.
- 3Activate Thrashing Wumpus by paying , dealing 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- 4Saving Grace's ability redirects damage to Crystalline Crawler, which results in at least four +1/+1 counters being placed on it instead due to Vigor.
- 5Activate Crystalline Crawler's first activated ability at least once by removing at least one +1/+1 counter from it, adding at least .
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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