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.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #21
Arctic Merfolk
pls·#21·common·nonfoil
Illus. Ron Spears
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Feb '01
25 yr ago
Value
$0.12$0 (-7.7%)
30 days high $0.14 · low $0.12
Volatility · moderate
Tracking since · May 5, 2026
EUR€0.19USD$0.12TIX
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #24,843 · Fringe play
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Gameplay
Creature — Merfolk
Kicker—Return a creature you control to its owner's hand. (You may return a creature you control to its owner's hand in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
If this creature was kicked, it enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
1/1
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennynot legal
PreDH
Rulings · 6
wotc
wotc
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
wotc
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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