Spirespine
Enchantment Creature — Beast
Bestow 
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
This creature blocks each combat if able.
Enchanted creature gets +4/+1 and blocks each combat if able.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #26372
Spirespine enters blocking a creature with power 5 or greater — a very specific traffic cop that does nothing against the most common threats at the table. The drawback of being forced to block on offense makes it a liability in any deck that actually wants to attack.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Spirespine is too narrow to earn a slot — it blanket-ignores anything under 5 power, which covers most combo pieces, mana dorks, and utility creatures you actually need to stop. Competitive formats like Legacy and Modern have faster, more flexible interaction at the same mana cost, so Spirespine never sees play there either. Pioneer and Oathbreaker share the same problem: the conditional blocking requirement is a design curiosity, not a build-around. Spirespine is legal across most formats and relevant in none of them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Spirespine is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'd ever order one. The price reflects the demand accurately and isn't going anywhere.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.