Overload
~$0.76 low · ~$63.51 high
Red. Instant
Invasion #157 · Illustrated by Gary Ruddell
Invasion #157 · Illustrated by Gary RuddellWhat is Overload worth?
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Oracle text
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Destroy target artifact if its mana value is 2 or less. If this spell was kicked, destroy that artifact if its mana value is 5 or less instead.
Format legality
The only printing of Overload
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Invasion inv #157· 2000common· Cardmarket €2.28 · €20.62 foil | common | $0.76 | $63.51 | €2.28€20.62 foil |
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Where to buy Overload
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Card details
- First printed
- 2000
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #22,318 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Kicker
- Artist
- Gary Ruddell
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Invasion card (#157).
157
- 157Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (6)
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 a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
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
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
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.
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