MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #50

Barbed Spike

DIGITAL ONLY

j21·#50·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. James Paick

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '21

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #14,892 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Artifact — Equipment

When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying, then attach this Equipment to it. Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Equip {2}

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2021-06-18wotc

The token will still be created even if Barbed Spike is not able to be attached to it (perhaps because it was destroyed in response to the ability).

2021-06-18wotc

Creating the Thopter token and attaching Barbed Spike to it happen as part of the resolution of the same ability. There is no time for an opponent to react after the token is created but before the Equipment is attached.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J21 — 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 #50 of *Jumpstart: Historic Horizons*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2021 Jumpstart: Historic Horizons release.

Card type: Artifact — Equipment, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{W} (2 converted). Keyword abilities: Equip.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #14,892 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by James Paick. Rarix catalogs 505 other cards credited to this artist.