Soul Spike
{5}{B}{B}Instant
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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.
What it does
Tagged as Removal · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- 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. (2006-07-15)
- 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. (2006-07-15)
- You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card’s mana cost. Any additional costs are paid as normal. (2006-07-15)
Printings & prices
Every set Soul Spike has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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