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Vodalian Mindsinger

Card Name

Vodalian Mindsinger

Mana Cost

1

Type

Creature – Merfolk Wizard

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Kicker
1
 and/or
1
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it for each time it was kicked.When this creature enters, gain control of target creature with power less than this creature's power for as long as you control this creature.

Legal Formats

Brawl, Commander, Explorer, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Historic, Pauper

Rulings

(9/9/2022)
You may kick Vodalian Mindsinger only once for its
1
 cost and only once for its
1
 cost. You can kick it twice by paying
2
, but you can't kick it twice by paying
2
 or
2
. You can't kick it more than twice.
(9/9/2022)
If the target creature's power is greater than or equal to Vodalian Mindsinger's power when the triggered ability resolves, it will be an illegal target for the ability, and you will not gain control of it. Once the ability resolves, however, changing the power of either creature will not end the control-changing effect.
(11/8/2024)
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
(11/8/2024)
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
(11/8/2024)
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
(11/8/2024)
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.
(11/8/2024)
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
(11/8/2024)
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.