Soul Spike
Instant
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.
Legalities
- brawl: banned
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- modern: legal
- pauper: legal
- pioneer: banned
- standard: banned
- vintage: legal
Rulings
- 2006-07-15:
You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card’s mana cost. Any additional costs are paid as normal.
- 2006-07-15:
If you don’t have two cards of the right color in your hand, you can’t choose to cast the spell using the alternative cost.
- 2006-07-15:
You can’t exile a card from your hand to pay for itself. At the time you would pay costs, that card is on the stack, not in your hand.