Protect the Negotiators

Magic the Gathering symbolMagic the Gathering symbol
Instant

Kicker Magic the Gathering symbol(You may pay an additional Magic the Gathering symbol 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 Magic the Gathering symbol for each creature you control.

qDominik Mayer
The List (PLST)
• #DMU-62
standard
Legal
alchemy
Not Legal
pioneer
Legal
explorer
Legal
modern
Legal
historic
Legal
standard brawl
Legal
historic brawl
Legal
timeless
Legal

Rulings

If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
(wotc2024-11-08)
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
(wotc2024-11-08)
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
(wotc2024-11-08)
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.
(wotc2024-11-08)
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.
(wotc2024-11-08)
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
(wotc2024-11-08)
You may not cast Protect the Negotiators without a spell to target.
(wotc2022-09-09)
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.
(wotc2022-09-09)
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