Magic: The Gathering

Spike Drone

Tempest 258 • common

Set: Tempest
Collector number: 258
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: green mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Green
Artist: Charles Gillespie
Market price: $0.18

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What it's worth

$0.18market price via TCGplayer · Aug 18, 2026$0.09 – $0.18 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a common creature from the Tempest set, this card serves as a foundational piece for building consistent, reliable deck strategies. Its inclusion in this specific collection highlights the essential role that basic units play in supporting the broader mechanics of the game.

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Card face

What it does

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.

2 generic mana, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Formats

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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Provenance

Where it came from

Spike Drone was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Developed by Wizards of the Coast, Tempest was the first set in the Rath Cycle, a storyline centered on the plane of Rath and the Phyrexians' invasion preparations. The set was designed to introduce more aggressive gameplay mechanics and a cohesive narrative arc, marking a pivotal moment in the game's early expansion strategy.

The card features artwork by Charles Gillespie, who contributed several pieces to the Magic: The Gathering library during the late 1990s. The illustration depicts a Spike Drone as a biomechanical organism, consistent with the set’s emphasis on the surreal and menacing aesthetics of the Phyrexian-influenced environment. As a common creature card, it was widely distributed among players of the era, serving as a functional, low-cost component for aggressive red-mana deck archetypes.

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About

About Spike Drone

Spike Drone is a card in the Magic: The Gathering catalog on collecto.rs. Tempest 258 • common. Catalog data is sourced from Scryfall. 1 collector on collecto.rs publicly track this card.

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