You create a long, vine-like whip covered in thorns that lashes out at your command toward a creature in range. Choose a point you can see within range. The whip lashes out from that point at a creature with 10 feet of the Whip. Make a spell attack against the target, ignoring any disadvantage for being in melee. If the attack hits, the creature takes 1d8 piercing damage, and if the creature is large or smaller, you can pull the creature up to 10 feet closer to the whip’s origin point.

Cantrip Scaling. The spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th level (4d8).