Thud 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
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Thud deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
Complete guide
Thud is a high-impact red sorcery that turns your biggest creatures into lethal projectiles. By sacrificing a creature as part of its cost, you can deal a massive blow to any target for just one mana.
What It Does
Thud allows you to convert the power of a creature you control directly into damage. The spell requires you to sacrifice a creature as an additional cost, meaning the creature is gone before the spell even hits the stack for opponents to react. It then deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target, whether that be a player, a planeswalker, or another creature.
How It Resolves Step by Step
First, you announce the spell and choose your target. Second, you pay the mana cost and sacrifice a creature you control; this happens simultaneously and cannot be countered by removing the creature in response. Third, the game checks the power of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield. Finally, if the target is still legal when the spell resolves, Thud deals damage equal to that power value.
Common Mistakes
A common error is trying to sacrifice multiple creatures to increase the damage; Thud only allows for exactly one sacrifice. Additionally, because the sacrifice is a cost, players often forget that they lose the creature even if the spell is countered. Lastly, remember that since it is a sorcery, you cannot use it in response to an opponent's removal spell unless it is your own main phase.
When to Play It
Thud is most effective as a finisher when your opponent is at low health or when a creature you control is about to be lost to a board wipe or negative effect. It is also a great way to utilize 'temporary' creatures, such as those gained through 'threaten' effects, allowing you to attack with them and then sacrifice them before they return to your opponent's control.
Interaction examples
Faithless LootingIf your hand lacks a high-power creature to sacrifice, you can cast Faithless Looting to draw two cards. After finding a large creature and playing it, you can then cast Thud, sacrificing that creature to deal significant damage to your opponent.
VandalblastIf an opponent has an Ensnaring Bridge or other artifact preventing your large creature from attacking, you can cast Vandalblast to destroy it. Once the path is clear, you can attack for damage and then use Thud in your second main phase to sacrifice that same creature, effectively doubling the damage dealt that turn.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Thud
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The sacrificed creature’s last known existence on the battlefield is checked to determine its power.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast Thud; you can’t cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can’t sacrifice additional creatures.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Players can respond only once Thud has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Thud + Serra Avatar
- 1Cast Thud by paying
and sacrificing Serra Avatar, dealing damage equal to Serra Avatar's power to target opponent with a life total equal to or less than your life total. - 2The opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Thud + Soul of Eternity
- 1Cast Thud by paying and sacrificing Soul of Eternity, dealing damage equal to Soul of Eternity's power to target opponent with a life total equal to or less than your life total.
- 2The opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Body of Research + Thud
- 1Cast Body of Reaserch by paying
, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token with a number of +1/+1 counters equal to your library size. - 2Cast Thud by paying and sacrificing the Fractal, dealing damage equal to the Fractal's power to an opponent.
- 3The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
Thud + Enduring Angel // Angelic Enforcer
- 1Cast Thud by paying and sacrificing Angelic Enforcer, dealing damage equal to Angelic Enforcer's power to target opponent with a life total equal to or less than your life total.
- 2The opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
Hostility + Reiterate + Thud + Thermopod
- 1Cast Thud by paying and sacrificing a creature you control with power seven or greater.
- 2Holding priority, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying
, creating a copy of Thud and returning Reiterate to your hand. - 3Resolve the Thud copy, causing you to create at least seven 3/1 Elemental Shaman creature tokens with haste due to Hostility.
- 4Activate Thermopod seven times by sacrificing seven Elemental Shamans, adding seven .
- 5Repeat from step 2 an arbitrarily large number of times.
- 6Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Hostility, adding .
- 7Hostility dies, shuffling itself into your library from your graveyard.
- 8Cast Reiterate with buyback by paying , creating a copy of Thud and returning Reiterate to your hand.
Hostility + Reiterate + Thud + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Cast Thud by paying and sacrificing a creature you control with power seven or greater.
- 2Holding priority, cast Reiterate with buyback by paying , creating a copy of Thud and returning Reiterate to your hand.
- 3Resolve the Thud copy, causing you to create at least seven 3/1 Elemental Shaman creature tokens with haste due to Hostility.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar seven times by sacrificing seven Elemental Shamans, adding
. - 5Repeat from step 2 an arbitrarily large number of times.
- 6Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Hostility, adding .
- 7Hostility dies, shuffling itself into your library from your graveyard.
- 8Cast Reiterate with buyback by paying , creating a copy of Thud and returning Reiterate to your hand.
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