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Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1 generic}.
"Unknown spears / Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes . . . ." —William Butler Yeats, "The Valley of the Black Pig"
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Not in any of our curated decklists yet. Find similar cards.
Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Force Spike (main or sideboard): 2,950 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 0.3%
- −0.1 ppdown 16.2% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 0.1%
- +0.0 ppup 7.1% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 9
- 100% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 2.1
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Unclassified2% of lists · 5
- Psychatog1% of lists · 1
- Stasis1% of lists · 1
- Landstill1% of lists · 1
- Mono-Blue Standstill100% of lists · 1
Printings (7)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
