Barbed Spike
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 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #14848
Barbed Spike enters the battlefield and immediately hands you a 1/1 Equipment token that attaches to it — a free body that blocks, trades, and keeps the Spike relevant before you've spent another mana. In Nahiri, Forged in Fury shells, that enters-attached clause is the whole point: you get an immediate attacker with Barbed Spike already equipped, no equip cost required.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Nahiri, Forged in Fury exiles Equipment from the top of your library and puts them onto creatures for free, and Barbed Spike plays directly into that by arriving pre-attached to its own token — meaning Nahiri never even has to do the equip work, and you're already swinging the turn it lands.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Barbed Spike is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but realistically only Commander gives it a home. In Legacy and Vintage, a two-mana artifact that makes a 1/1 and gives +1/+1 doesn't clear any competitive bar — the formats move too fast for that rate to matter. Commander is where Barbed Spike earns its slot: Equipment-tribal decks, Nahiri, Forged in Fury lists, and anything that rewards entering-the-battlefield triggers or counts artifacts all have reasons to run it. Outside those specific synergy shells, it's still a medium card — run it because your deck wants it, not because it's broadly powerful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Barbed Spike is firmly bulk — you're buying it for pennies and shouldn't expect that to change. Deep Equipment synergy keeps demand just high enough that it won't vanish from store shelves, but there's no scarcity here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.