Protect the Negotiators (Dominaria United) - Gatherer

Protect the Negotiators

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Protect the Negotiators

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Kicker

(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)

If this spell was kicked, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

for each creature you control.

Expansion:

Dominaria United

Rarity:

Uncommon

Card Number:

Artist:

Dominik Mayer

Language:

English

Rulings

9/9/2022	You may not cast Protect the Negotiators without a spell to target.
9/9/2022	Once Protect the Negotiators starts to resolve, its instructions are followed in the order they're written. If it was kicked, the Soldier creature token will be on the battlefield when the amount of mana the target spell's controller needs to pay is determined.
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.