Arctic Merfolk
~$0.19 low · ~$2.70 high
Blue. Creature — Merfolk
Planeshift #21 · Illustrated by Ron Spears
Planeshift #21 · Illustrated by Ron SpearsWhat is Arctic Merfolk worth?
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Oracle text
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
Format legality
The only printing of Arctic Merfolk
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Planeshift pls #21· 2001common· Cardmarket €0.15 · €1.65 foil | common | $0.19 | $2.70 | €0.15€1.65 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2001
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #25,978 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Kicker
- Artist
- Ron Spears
Rulings (6)
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 put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
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.
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
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
2024-11-08
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
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