Quietus Spike

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has deathtouch.

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

Equip {3} ({3}: Attach this to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature this card is attached to leaves the battlefield.)

Combos

• Fireshrieker + Quietus Spike + Silent Arbiter
• Fireshrieker + Quietus Spike + Strionic Resonator
• Fireshrieker + Quietus Spike
• Kor Duelist + Quietus Spike

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

theNeroTurtle on Competitive Shadow Tribal [Primer]

1 month ago

SufferFromEDHD, I love shadow. My mono black is my favorite deck. I like the Swiss army knife idea.

I am not a fan of repeats, so Quietus Spike is a no go. I play it elsewhere.

I have been thinking on Maze of Shadows a while actually. Great suggestion.

True-Name Nemesis fits the immunity theme, but not the theme happening among the creature section in my opinion.

Long-Term Plans is a great idea. I do feel however that Academy Rector fits the needs of a tutor and the unblockable theme since no one is going to want to kill it if they can help it. I will think on it a bit. Long-Term Plans can get anything... so, it is a hard choice.

SufferFromEDHD on Competitive Shadow Tribal [Primer]

1 month ago

Cool concept! I went the Dimir direction for shadow to go all in on the gimmicky direction of "cipher tribal" Arcane Heist (swiss army knife), Hands of Binding (control) and Hidden Strings (untap your friends) are the only ones worth considering here.

Quietus Spike cute with shadow

Maze of Shadows narrow but tech against theft

True-Name Nemesis > Hunted Phantasm

I can't believe I'm about to suggest this but I don't like Academy Rector here. You run 0 sac outlets! Long-Term Plans instead?

SaberTech on Esper On Hit

6 months ago

There are a few creatures that cause an opponent to lose half their life if the creature deals combat damage to them, like Unstoppable Slasher. Equipment like Quietus Spike and Scytheclaw can also give that effect. I'm not sure if this crosses your "no combo" rule, but teaming those cards up with Bloodletter of Aclazotz or Wound Reflection leads to one-hit knockouts. I personally don't see that as being much different than somehow being able to pump an infect creature up to 10+ power.

There are a bunch of creatures that let you draw a card when they deal combat damage to a player, so that's worth considering. There are also a bunch of specter creatures that force an opponent to discard if they deal combat damage. Dazzling Sphinx might be worth considering too.

Creatures with the Myriad ability could be something to look at as well since Kamiz can make the original one unblockable. Maybe just including Blade of Selves and Ironwill Forger to give creatures Myriad would be enough.

RiotRunner789 on Damn it Patrice!

6 months ago

Recommended cards that aren't black but feel like they should/could be:

The One RingGC: This is black card draw.

Skrelv, Defector Mite: Mostly the phyrexian mana and artwork. Highly useful for the one shot kill.

Suspicious Bookcase: Some of the artwork on this card comes straight from Halloween.

Defiler of Faith: Life as a resource.

Shadowspear: Lore-wise it's a corrupted weapon from the underworld.

Basilisk Collar: Both keywords are common in black.

Blackblade Reforged: Literally a demon's sword.

Nettlecyst: Black token and phyrexian.

Tarrian's Soulcleaver: Graveyard synergy.

Bloodforged Battle-Axe: Mostly artwork/name/flavor.

Grafted Exoskeleton: Black themed downside. Infect in black's wheelhouse.

Bloodthirsty Blade: Blood as a cost.

Blade of the Bloodchief: Death as a benefit.

Quietus Spike: Multiple black creatures have this effect.

Hope that helps.

DemonDragonJ on 100 Shades of Gray

1 year ago

I have replaced Quietus Spike and Sanguine Bond with Enduring Tenacity and Unstoppable Slasher, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 3.95 to 3.93, because I feel that the newer cards are generally superior to the older cards.

Gidgetimer on Quietus Spike

1 year ago

It is a triggered ability of the equipment. Quietus Spike doesn't say "equipped creature gains..." so it is the equipment causing the life loss.

theNeroTurtle on Quietus Spike

1 year ago

Quietus Spike

Does the creature cause the life loss or does the artifact?

theNeroTurtle on Competitive Shadow Tribal [Primer]

1 year ago

Profet93 thoughts on this build? The idea is to cast everything for low mana value, tutoring my draw items, as well as things like Cabal Coffers combo, or Quietus Spike. I originally had the deck black and white with all 25 creatures having shadow. But, I like the draw power of this commander. If you have any better suggestions, even for the commander, let me know. I really want this to be a solid build before a pay for it.