---
name: "Soul Spike"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CSP"
set_name: "Coldsnap"
collector_number: "70"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wayne England"
oracle_id: "be979bfc-998d-43d5-a7a4-44548d9a14c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/soul-spike-csp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Soul Spike
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
You may exile two black cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Soul Spike deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spinning Darkness](/printing/spinning-darkness-wth.md) — Instant
2. [Soul Burn](/printing/soul-burn-inv.md) — Sorcery
3. [Consume Spirit](/printing/consume-spirit-dpa.md) — Sorcery
4. [March of Wretched Sorrow](/printing/march-of-wretched-sorrow-neo.md) — Instant
5. [Drain Life](/printing/drain-life-cei.md) — Sorcery
6. [Soul Shred](/printing/soul-shred-me4.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Coldsnap (CSP) #70
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wayne England
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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