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Force Spike
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Fifth Edition5ED · #88
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 1.99 € · 1.21 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Blue
Card text
Counter target spell unless its controller pays .
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- John Matson
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1997-03-24
Flavour text
"Unknown spears / Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes . . . ." —William Butler Yeats, "The Valley of the Black Pig"
Rulings
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