Spike

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

• Timmy, Johnny, and Spike, by Mark Rosewater, MTG.com, Monday, March 11, 2002.
• Timmy, Johnny, and Spike Revisited, by Mark Rosewater, MTG.com, Monday, March 20, 2006.
• Melvin and Vorthos, by Mark Rosewater, MTG.com, Monday, May 7, 2007.