---
name: "Spike, Tournament Grinder"
mana_cost: "{2}{B/P}{B/P}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Gamer"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "UST"
set_name: "Unstable"
collector_number: "69"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Zoltan Boros"
oracle_id: "004b2032-0d29-4361-b9c8-a3c0c7b63e2c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spike-tournament-grinder-ust"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spike, Tournament Grinder
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B/P}{B/P}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Gamer
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)
{B/P}{B/P}{B/P}{B/P}: Reveal a card you own from outside the game that has been banned or restricted in a Constructed format and put it into your hand.

> *"Just wait—I have a response."*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Spike](/printing/soul-spike-csp.md) — Instant
2. [Mind Spike](/printing/mind-spike-hbg.md) — Sorcery
3. [Conjurer's Ban](/printing/conjurers-ban-gpt.md) — Sorcery
4. [Banned Eldraine Card](/printing/banned-eldraine-card-unk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Phyrexian Reclamation](/printing/phyrexian-reclamation-tdc.md) — Enchantment
6. [Htbr, Racetrack Referee](/printing/htbr-racetrack-referee-unk.md) — Legendary Creature — Homunculus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unstable (UST) #69
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Zoltan Boros
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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