wotc
You can’t exile a card from your hand to pay for itself. At the time you would pay costs, that card is on the stack, not in your hand.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #70
Soul Spike
csp·#70·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Wayne England
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in vault
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for trade
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wishlisted
Jul '06
20 yr ago
Value
$16.78+$0 (+1.3%)
30 days high $16 · low $16
Volatility · stable
EUR€10.15USD$15.78TIX0.90 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #25,273 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Instant
You may exile two black cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Soul Spike deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDHlegal
Rulings · 3
wotc
If you don’t have two cards of the right color in your hand, you can’t choose to cast the spell using the alternative cost.
wotc
You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card’s mana cost. Any additional costs are paid as normal.
Context
Last observed at $15.78, up from $15.58 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.33 and $16.00 across 38 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 19 hours ago at $15.78.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from CSP — the lineup includes Foil and 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.
This card belongs to *Coldsnap* (released July 2006).
Card #70 in Coldsnap.
Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.
Card type: Instant. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {5}{B}{B} (7 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #25,273 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Wayne England. Rarix tracks 375 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Wayne England
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