---
name: "Aether Spike"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "50"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "e4a85647-0b8c-40b2-a5d5-43c78877ce36"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aether-spike-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Aether Spike
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose target spell. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Counter that spell unless its controller pays {1} for each {E} paid this way.

> *"The shield doesn't block the fire physically. It tells the fire to stop."
—Genku, future shaper*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Force Spike](/printing/force-spike-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Electrosiphon](/printing/electrosiphon-pip.md) — Instant
3. [Absorb Energy](/printing/absorb-energy-ymid.md) — Instant
4. [Rethink](/printing/rethink-pcy.md) — Instant
5. [Quench](/printing/quench-rvr.md) — Instant
6. [Fold into Aether](/printing/fold-into-aether-5dn.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #50
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`