Blink of an Eye
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Foundations Jumpstart #289 · Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk
Foundations Jumpstart #289 · Illustrated by Igor KierylukWhat is Blink of an Eye worth?
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Oracle text
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.
Format legality
All 3 printings of Blink of an Eye
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Foundations Jumpstart j25 #289· 2024common· Cardmarket €0.13 | common | $0.23 | No foil printing | €0.13 | |
 The List plst #DOM-46· 2024common· Cardmarket €0.17 | common | $0.14 | No foil printing | €0.17 | |
 Dominaria dom #46· 2018common· Cardmarket €0.12 · €0.83 foil | common | $0.28 | $1.18 | €0.12€0.83 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2018
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #8,658 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Kicker
- Artist
- Igor Kieryluk
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Foundations Jumpstart card (#289).
0289 · J25 · C · EN
- 0289Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- J25Set code for Foundations Jumpstart
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (7)
April 27, 2018
If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target by the time Blink of an Eye tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You won't draw a card if it was kicked.
November 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.
November 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.
November 8, 2024
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
November 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.
November 8, 2024
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
November 8, 2024
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
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