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'''Spike''' is a [[creature type]] first found in the [[Tempest (block)|Tempest block]]. Most Spikes are green, 0/0 [[creature|creatures]] with "[This] [[comes into play]] with [a number of] +1/+1 [[counter|counters]] on it" and "2, Remove a +1/+1 counter from [this]: Put a +1/+1 counter on [[target]] creature." The one exception to this is <c>Spike Cannibal</c>.
{{For|the Spike creature type|Spikes}}
'''Spike''' is a "psychographic profile", or player type, who is characterized by his competitive nature. Mark Rosewater wrote of Spike:
{{cquote|Spike is the competitive player. Spike plays to win. Spike enjoys winning. To accomplish this, Spike will play whatever the best deck is. Spike will copy decks off the Internet. Spike will borrow other players' decks. To Spike, the thrill of Magic is the adrenalin rush of competition. Spike enjoys the stimulation of outplaying the opponent and the glory of victory.}}


Spikes are depicted with a slug-like body with two rows of pods down either side of the back and a pair of pincers on the face.
==External links==
 
*{{MTGref|mr11b|Timmy, Johnny, and Spike|Mark Rosewater|Monday, March 11, 2002}}
[[Tempest]] had only one Spike, the simplest, <c>Spike Drone</c>. It served as a preview of sorts of the rest of the Spikes yet to appear in that block.
*{{MTGref|mr258|Timmy, Johnny, and Spike Revisited|Mark Rosewater|Monday, March 20, 2006}}
 
*{{MTGref|mr278|Melvin and Vorthos|Mark Rosewater|Monday, May 7, 2007}}
[[Stronghold]] had five Spikes. The two [[common|commons]], <c>Spike Worker</c> and <c>Spike Colony</c>, have no additional [[ability|abilities]] beyond those described above. The other three, <c>Spike Feeder</c>, <c>Spike Soldier</c>, and <c>Spike Breeder</c>, each have an [[activated ability]] that involves removing +1/+1 counters from it as a [[cost]].  <c>Spike Feeder</c> was reprinted as a time shifted card in the [[Time Spiral)]] set.  Time Spiral also brought us <c>Spike Tiller</c> which could transfer its counters and turn lands into 3/3 creatures.
*{{MTGref|mr280|Design Language|Mark Rosewater|Monday, May 21, 2007}}
 
{{Psychographic profiles}}
[[Exodus]] had four Spikes. <c>Spike Rogue</c>, <c>Spike Weaver</c> and <c>Spike Hatcher</c> each introduced a new use for their +1/+1 counters. Spike Cannibal is the big exception to the nature of Spikes. While still a 0/0 creature that comes into play with a +1/+1 counter, Spike Cannibal is black and lacks the Spike's natural "donate a counter" ability. Instead, Spike Cannibal has a comes into play [[triggered ability]] that moves all +1/+1 counters onto it, effectively cannibalizing other spikes and +1/+1 counter-dependant creatures.
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[[Category:The Game of Magic]]
Spikes have served as inspiration for the creation of other abilities in later sets, including [[Modular]] and [[Graft]].
 
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Revision as of 08:48, 7 December 2007

For the Spike creature type, see Spikes.

Spike is a "psychographic profile", or player type, who is characterized by his competitive nature. Mark Rosewater wrote of Spike:

“  Spike is the competitive player. Spike plays to win. Spike enjoys winning. To accomplish this, Spike will play whatever the best deck is. Spike will copy decks off the Internet. Spike will borrow other players' decks. To Spike, the thrill of Magic is the adrenalin rush of competition. Spike enjoys the stimulation of outplaying the opponent and the glory of victory.  ”

External links

Template:Psychographic profiles

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