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Thrasta, Tempest's Roar

Thrasta, Tempest's Roar

Legendary Creature — Dinosaur

Thrasta wants a deck that casts a long chain of spells in one big turn. It also suits a deck that piles armor and magic onto one creature and attacks with it.

  • Mana cost10 genericgreengreen
  • Green ()
  • Power / toughness7 / 7
  • RarityMythic

This spell costs 3 generic less to cast for each other spell cast this turn.

Trample, haste

Trample over planeswalkers (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the controller of the planeswalker it's attacking.)

Thrasta has hexproof as long as it entered this turn.

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Cards That Fit Thrasta, Tempest's Roar

Picked for what they do in Thrasta's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Thrasta's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Thrasta, Tempest's Roar

explain how Thrasta works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 18 Jun 2021

If a planeswalker that is being attacked by Thrasta is somehow also a creature, Thrasta still deals excess damage based on that planeswalker's loyalty, not its toughness.

Wizards of the Coast 18 Jun 2021

In some rare, strange cases, a planeswalker that is also a creature may block Thrasta while Thrasta is attacking that same planeswalker. (I did say strange.) Assuming no other creatures are blocking Thrasta and the blocking creature has no damage marked on it, Thrasta's controller must assign at least as much damage to that creature planeswalker equal to its toughness or the number of loyalty counters it has, whichever is greater.

Wizards of the Coast 18 Jun 2021

Trample and trample over planeswalkers can both apply during the same combat. For example, if Thrasta is attacking a planeswalker with two loyalty counters on it and is blocked by a 3/3 creature, you could have Thrasta assign 3 combat damage to the blocking creature, 2 combat damage to the planeswalker, and 2 combat damage to the defending player.

Wizards of the Coast 18 Jun 2021

Trample over planeswalkers means that when Thrasta, Tempest's Roar deals combat damage to a planeswalker it's attacking, it can assign any amount of excess damage to that planeswalker's controller. Excess damage to a planeswalker is damage greater than the number of loyalty counters that planeswalker has. Deathtouch does not cause damage dealt to a planeswalker to be lethal.

Wizards of the Coast 18 Jun 2021

Trample over planeswalkers takes into account any other damage being assigned to the planeswalker at the same time. For example, if Thrasta and a 2/2 Bear Cub are attacking a planeswalker with seven loyalty counters on it (and are unblocked), Thrasta can assign 5 damage to the defending planeswalker and 2 damage to the defending player.

5 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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