First printed in Legends (1994)

All 12 prints

Arena Anthology 3 (AA3) #5, 2025 (digital)
The List (PLST) #DDJ-14, 2024
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #780, 2021 (digital)
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #31395, 2013 (digital)
Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari (DDJ) #14, 2012
Masters Edition III (ME3) #36, 2009 (digital)
Friday Night Magic 2007 (F07) #12, 2007
Seventh Edition (7ED) #76, 2001
Seventh Edition (7ED) #76★, 2001
World Championship Decks 1998 (WC98) #rb58b, 1998
Fifth Edition (5ED) #88, 1997
Legends (LEG) #58, 1994

Force Spike

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1 generic .

In the last 30 days 1.9% of Pauper decks played it (37 of 1908). Most played in Dimir Control. In the last 30 days 40.0% of Duel Commander decks played it (32 of 80). Most played in WUB (unclassified).

Staple

Pauper staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#157)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells
Duel Commander staples: main deck, 33% of decks (#32)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pauper Other periods →

In 37 of 1908 decks (1.9%).

Share of decks

1.9%

▼ 2.6 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

37 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.7

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Dimir Control	13.1%	0%
Mono-Blue Terror	6.6%	28%
UB (unclassified)	0.7%	8%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Lórien Revealed	100%	3.6
Tolarian Terror	97%	12.9
Brainstorm	97%	5.7
Counterspell	97%	3.8
Sleep of the Dead	95%	14.4
Cryptic Serpent	95%	14.3
Thought Scour	95%	13.9
Ponder	92%	11.0
Mental Note	89%	13.3
Deem Inferior	81%	14.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Dimir Control Harrison Keele in Pauper Regional Qualifier	6-1 86%
Mono-Blue Terror Quentin Villard in the300	6-2 75%
Mono-Blue Terror carvs in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Mono-Blue Terror ELESSAR_PLAY in Pauper Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Blue Terror DrPP in Pauper Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Blue Terror 19LNC91 in Pauper Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Blue Terror Albreto in Pauper Challenge 32	4-2 67%
Mono-Blue Terror Axel GUILLET in the300	5-3 63%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Dimir Control Harrison Keele, 24 Oct	1 main	#1 6-1
Mono-Blue Terror boytriton, 24 Oct	3 main	#31 0-2
Mono-Blue Terror yuxiaoyu, 23 Oct	3 main	5-0
Mono-Blue Terror carvs, 22 Oct	3 main	#16 3-3
Mono-Blue Terror Sarlanga, 22 Oct	2 main	#26 3-3
Mono-Blue Terror carvs, 20 Oct	2 main	5-0
Mono-Blue Terror carvs, 19 Oct	2 main	#29 3-3
Mono-Blue Terror ELESSAR_PLAY, 18 Oct	4 main	#16 4-2

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 32 of 80 decks (40.0%).

Share of decks

40.0%

▲ 8.9 vs previous 30 days