Spike Feeder
Mana cost {1}{G}{G}. Power/toughness 0/0.
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: You gain 2 life.
Spike Feeder is a green card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Stronghold printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.97) · TCGplayer ($3.58) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 13 September 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.76 and €1.28 in that time.
How often Spike Feeder is played
Spike Feeder is maindecked in 1 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (1%), averaging 1.0 copies; kept in 1 sideboard (1%); used by 2 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 62 decks that can cast green cards, 2 of them play it (3%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Spike Feeder
- Aluren: The life engine of current lists, in three of five. It enters with two +1/+1 counters, and removing one gains 2 life without mana, so every loop nets 1 life after Harpy's cost: the second counter has to stay on, or the Feeder dies as a 0/0 before it can be returned. Unlimited life ends races against Sligh and Goblins, unless Sligh already has Sulfuric Vortex on the battlefield. Soul Warden, in about half the lists, gains 1 life for every creature that enters and does the same job.
Sideboard plans with Spike Feeder
- The Rock vs. Burn and racing aggro. The fourth Baloth and Spike Feeder, which gains 2 life for each of its two counters.
Tournament decks with Spike Feeder
- Survival Infestation: 5th Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (1× mainboard)
- The Rock: 3rd Place at Premodern MTGO Challenge (1× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Spike Feeder
- Snap Cradle Pop (1×)
