Spike Colony
The List STH-117 • common
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- STH-117
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana green mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Market price
- $0.06
What it does
This creature enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
2 generic mana, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Spike Colony was originally released in the 1999 Urza's Destiny expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed as part of the game's evolving mechanics during the late nineties, the card reflects the set's focus on innovative artifact and creature synergies. It was illustrated by artist Christopher Rush, who was a foundational contributor to the game's early visual identity, employing his signature style to depict the parasitic, fungal nature of the card's namesake creature.
The card was later included in 'The List', a rotating curation of cards from the game's history reprinted with a small planeswalker symbol in the bottom-left corner to denote its special status. As a creature with an activated ability that allows it to bolster other creatures, it remains a nostalgic artifact of the high-powered, combo-heavy design philosophy that characterized the Urza block. Its inclusion in 'The List' serves to reintroduce classic mechanics to a contemporary audience, maintaining a bridge between the game's vintage era and modern play.
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