Spike Tiller
Creature — Spike
This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature., Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target land becomes a 2/2 creature that's still a land. Put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #26994
Spike Tiller turns any land into a 2/2 creature — permanently — by moving a +1/+1 counter off itself onto that land, and it enters with two counters to spend. The six-mana price tag is steep, but in decks that replenish counters or abuse land animation, the effect is genuinely backbreaking.
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 |
Commander is where Spike Tiller actually lives. Proliferate commanders like Atraxa, Praetors' Voice keep it stocked with counters indefinitely, and Simic-based land-matters builds treat the animate-a-land effect as a repeatable threat engine. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but purely unplayable — six mana for a fragile 2/2 factory doesn't compete with what those formats are doing on turns two and three. Modern has the same problem; the rate is far too slow for any serious shell. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if the planeswalker and signature spell support a counters theme, but Spike Tiller is really a Commander card through and through.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Spike Tiller is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a commons-and-uncommons bin, not hunting it down. The price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile Commander precon puts land-animation or Spikes back on the map.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.