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The serious, play-to-win side of the Magic: The Gathering community.

/r/spikes is about improving your skills in competitive environments. Being a spike isn't about winning, but the desire to win and improve. This subreddit's goal is to provide players with a place that has a serious atmosphere devoid of jokes, memes and low-effort content in order to help more spikes better themselves at magic.

Who is Spike?

"Spike is the competitive player. Spike plays to win. Spike enjoys winning. To accomplish this, Spike will play whatever the best deck is. Spike does not care about deck price, spike will copy decks off the Internet. Spike will borrow other players’ decks."

Do you love Magic, but dislike the competitive, play-to-win atmosphere? Check out /r/magicTCG!

Subreddit Rules

Constructive criticism(s) only. No derogatory comments and/or comments that add nothing to the conversation. Basic reddiquette still applies.
The content here is meant to be mutually beneficial and have a basic level of effort. A good example would be "I put in work on this competitive deck - I have data on how it plays against the field, and I'd like some feedback." Not just "Help me build a deck." Effort in posts encourages effort in response.
[Description Tags] are required in all posts. Posts without descriptive tags in square brackets will be removed automatically. No exceptions! See this post for details and accepted descriptive tags.
Non-deck magic discussion must be had with competition in mind (i.e. psychological factors, tips for tournament preparation).
Deck critiques and Budget-based competitive discussion should only be posted in our weekly "Deck Check" threads (posted on Mondays).
Use the link flair options. This way people can filter the flairs and find your post. Mods can add it, but it only makes our jobs harder.
Tournament reports must come from Competitive REL or higher events. Additionally, reports from events like PTQs, Premier Events, and Daily Events (with a consistent record in dailies) on MTGO are allowed. If you believe that a Regular REL event that you attended would be considered competitive, qualify that in your post.
Link posts leading to tappedout.net or similar deckbuilding sites will be removed. Post your deck along with some information in the body of a self post instead.
No Advertising. Posts with a goal of advertising tournaments, coaching, and other non-content services are not-allowed.
Posts that do not comply with any of the rules listed above will be removed without warning.
Continued violations of any of these rules will result in a temporary, or, in serious cases, permanent ban from the community.

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Deck CheckWeekly Deck Check Thread! | Monday, December 04, 2017 (self.spikes)

submitted 6 days ago by AutoModerator[M] - announcement

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Ask SpikesAsk /r/spikes | Friday, December 08, 2017 (self.spikes)

submitted 2 days ago by AutoModerator[M] - announcement

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Standard[Standard] The State of Standard and Mtgo Results (self.spikes)

submitted 1 hour ago by dapwnzorz

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Other[Other] RPTQ qualification questions. (self.spikes)

submitted 23 hours ago by Litteltank

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Frontier[Frontier] Jund vs. Eldrazi Gameplay Analysis (self.spikes)

submitted 21 hours ago by nascarfatherMTG.one

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Frontier[UOL][Frontier] The definitive guide to ensoul in Frontier (self.spikes)

submitted 2 days ago * by Im_A_Dragonfly

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Modern[Modern] Blue Moon Breach Control (self.spikes)

submitted 2 days ago by MassdropEastWestTeam Massdrop

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Standard[Standard][Video] 2nd video on Temur Energy: sideboard guide (self.spikes)

submitted 3 days ago by Hedronic

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Standard[Standard] UWApproach - 3rd/4th at PPTQ (self.spikes)

submitted 4 days ago * by ZhangB

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Standard[Standard] Necessity of Minister of Inquiries (UW GPG) (self.spikes)

submitted 4 days ago by woll3Y

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StandardRambling Tournament Report and Deck Tech: Ramunap Red, 1st Place PPTQ [standard] [ramunap red] [deck tech] [tournament report] (self.spikes)

submitted 4 days ago by MTG_lab

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Frontier[Frontier] An Overview on Frontier's Tier One Metagame (self.spikes)

submitted 5 days ago * by AwakenedSomnus

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Standard[Standard] First at 36-person PPTQ with Temur Black (self.spikes)

submitted 5 days ago by TheWhiteUsher

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Standard[Standard] 10th place at PPTQ with UW Approach (self.spikes)

submitted 5 days ago by wlfgxngS: UW Control M: Burn

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Standard[Standard] The various iterations of Mono Black Aggro (self.spikes)

submitted 5 days ago * by cadwellingtonsfinest

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Standard[Standard] The Case for Chart a Course in Temur (self.spikes)

submitted 6 days ago * by keeganreynoldsUR In Every Format

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Modern[Modern] Quarterfinals Finish | 69 Person 2.5k F2F Open with UG Infect (self.spikes)

submitted 6 days ago * by SniderMTGM: Infect/Affinity | S: Ramunap/Temur

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Modern[Modern] 44th place at the world's smallest open with Titanshift (Roanoke) (self.spikes)

submitted 6 days ago * by dillyg10

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Modern[Modern] 16th at win-a-box tourney with Affinity. (self.spikes)

submitted 6 days ago by gottohaveausernameM: Affinity, Burn

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Ask SpikesAsk /r/spikes | Monday, December 04, 2017 (self.spikes)

submitted 6 days ago by AutoModerator[M]

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Modern[Modern] 5-0 Competitive League with Bant Saheeli, but deck needs work. (self.spikes)

submitted 7 days ago * by Jedgi

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Tournament Report[Tournament Report] PPTQ Win - U/W Approach vs. The Temur Gauntlet (self.spikes)

submitted 7 days ago by Artifoo

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Standard[Standard] Mono-White Vampires (self.spikes)

submitted 8 days ago by JovianJewels

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Legacy[Legacy] UOL Legacy League Report (self.spikes)

submitted 8 days ago * by filthyc4sualM: Abzan Elves and WR Prison//L: Elves, Reanimator

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Modern[Modern] Black/White Eldrazi Deck Tech (self.spikes)

submitted 9 days ago by Evirex

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Discussion[Discussion] World Magic Cup and SCG Invitational Mega Thread! (self.spikes)

submitted 9 days ago by Blackout28EldraziMod[M]

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Article[Article] The Art of Sideboard Construction by Jon Stern (self.spikes)

submitted 10 days ago by MassdropEastWestTeam Massdrop

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