First printed in Invasion (2000)
All 3 prints
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Modern Horizons (MH1) #64, 2019
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Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska (DDM) #25, 2014
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Invasion (INV) #67, 2000
Prohibit 
Instant
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Counter target spell if its mana value is 2 or less. If this spell was kicked, counter that spell if its mana value is 4 or less instead.
- Illustrated by
- Adam Rex
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (6)
- If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
- To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
- The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
- If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
- If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.005 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
Staple
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Premodern staples:
main deck, 4% of decks (#152)
Blue, Instants, Counterspells
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