Rampaging Spiketail (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Medium Play Foil

Spiketail Smash

Rampaging Spiketail is a solid midrange finisher that reads well in aggressive black builds and in decks that like to buff a single attacker. When Rampaging Spiketail enters the battlefield, you get a straightforward tempo swing by giving a creature you control plus two plus zero and indestructible until end of turn. The body is a five six so it trades favorably and survives many common removal spells while presenting a credible clock.

The card also offers utility through Swampcycling two which lets you turn an awkward draw into a land drop and keep pressure on board. Use Rampaging Spiketail to push through an extra two points of damage on a key attacker or to protect a creature during a combat trick. From a Lost Caverns of Ixalan perspective the design fits both the pushy dinosaur theme and the grindy black toolbox role.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {4}{B}{B}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Dinosaur
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – When Rampaging Spiketail enters the battlefield, target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. Swampcycling 2 (2, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
• Power / Toughness – 5/6
• Rarity – Common
• Set – The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
• Language – English
• Condition – Medium Play
• Style – Foil