Quietus Spike

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Quietus Spike: Artifact - Equipment, New Capenna Commander. Equipped creature has deathtouch. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact - Equipment
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
New Capenna Commander (NCC)
Released
2022-04-29
Collector number
377
Artist
Mark Brill
Commander rank
2,744 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Equip

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About Quietus Spike

Quietus Spike is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from New Capenna Commander (NCC), a Commander product released in April 2022. It is collector number 377 in that set, with art by Mark Brill. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Shards of Alara (2008) to The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.65 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Equipped creature has deathtouch.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up.

Equip {3}

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.65 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Quietus Spike by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Quietus Spike

Quietus Spike has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) #109Rare2022
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) #109zRare2022
The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts (BRR) #46Rare2022
Commander 2017 (C17) #220Rare2017
Planechase Anthology (PCA) #112Rare2016
Planechase 2012 (PC2) #112Rare2012
Shards of Alara (ALA) #217Rare2008

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Quietus Spike, newest first.

  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, after combat damage is dealt, Quietus Spike looks at that player's life total (which is the same as the team's life total) when determining how much life the team will lose, which basically means the team's life total is halved. Here's an example of the math: The team has 19 life, so the player has 19 life. Quietus Spike causes the team to lose 10 life (19 divided by 2, rounded up). The team's life total becomes 9 (19 minus 10).
  • That player loses half their life after combat damage has been subtracted from the player's life total. The amount of life the player loses is determined as the triggered ability resolves.
  • If multiple Quietus Spikes trigger at the same time, that player loses half their life when the first ability resolves, then loses half of the remainder when the next ability resolves, and so on. The player does not lose the same amount each time.

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