Spiketail Smash
Rampaging Spiketail is a straight forward clock in black aggressive decks and a tidy toolbox piece in midrange builds. When Rampaging Spiketail enters the battlefield you can push a blocker or an attacker with a temporary buff and indestructible. That interaction turns otherwise marginal trades into clean wins and pairs well with sacrifice outlets and pump effects that care about damage dealt.
The card reads like a practical removal hedger for your threats and a late game finisher. Its Swampcycling ability makes it searchable when you need mana fixes and keeps it relevant in grindy matches. Rampaging Spiketail is best used to protect a key attacker or to bait removal while leaving your board intact for the next play.
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