MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #88

Force Spike

5ed·#88·common·nonfoil

Illus. John Matson

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$1.14+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.18 · low $1.07

NM$1.14

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.05–$1.20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.81low $1.08range 67.6%n 45

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,171 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$1.14

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

"Unknown spears / Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes . . . ." —William Butler Yeats, "The Valley of the Black Pig"

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2004-10-04wotc

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Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $1.14. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.08 and $1.81 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #88 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {U} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #13,171 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Matson. Rarix catalogs 294 other cards credited to this artist.