Force Spike
Legends 58 • common
- Set
- Legends
- Collector number
- 58
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- blue mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Bryon Wackwitz
- Market price
- $7.27
What it does
Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1 generic mana.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Force Spike was released in 1994 as part of the Legends expansion for Magic: The Gathering. At the time, the game was still in its infancy, and Legends served to introduce a significant number of gold-bordered, multicolored cards to the meta. The card was designed as a blue instant that forces an opponent to pay one colorless mana or have their spell countered, reflecting the color's thematic reliance on taxing resources and clever redirection.
The artwork for this particular printing was created by artist Christopher Rush. Known for his iconic work on early Magic sets, Rush used a minimalist and direct visual style to represent the abrupt nature of the spell. Upon its release, Force Spike became a staple of early blue control decks, praised for its efficiency in the early game despite its diminishing utility in the later stages of a match.
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