“In theory, the death of the Eldrazi should have stilled the Roil. It did not.”
Kicker
Into the Roil
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Instant
Mana Cost: {1}{U}
Oracle Rules Text: Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
Flavor Text: In theory, the death of the Eldrazi should have stilled the Roil. It did not.
Set: Foundations (#509), Rarity: Common, Artist: Campbell White
Instant
Blue
Common
Cantrip
$0.10
Regular
€0.08
Euro
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Historical Printings & Sets (1)
1 Languages
Official Rulings (8)
2009-10-01
If the targeted permanent is an illegal target by the time Into the Roil resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You don't draw a card.
2020-09-25
If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target by the time Into the Roil tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't draw a card if it was kicked.
2024-11-08
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
2024-11-08
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
2024-11-08
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
2024-11-08
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
2024-11-08
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.
2024-11-08
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.
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