Rule evolution

Rule 607.2i

Previously numbered 607.2f, 607.2g, 607.2h.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 5 wording revisions · 3 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release607.2fDetails
    If an object has a kicker ability printed on it, and another ability printed on it that refers to whether that object was kicked, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kicker cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If a kicker ability lists multiple costs, it will have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.30, "Kicker."
  2. Wording changed & Renumbered607.2f → 607.2gDetails

    Previously
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    Then
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    If an object has a kicker ability printed on it, and anotheran ability printed on it that refers to whether that object was kicked, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kicker cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If a kicker ability lists multiple costs, it will have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.30, "Kicker."
  3. Renumbered607.2g → 607.2hDetails

    Previously
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    Then
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    If an object has a kicker ability printed on it and an ability printed on it that refers to whether that object was kicked, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kicker cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If a kicker ability lists multiple costs, it will have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.30, "Kicker."
  4. Wording changed607.2hDetails
    If an object has a kicker ability printed on it and an ability printed on it that refers to whether that object was kicked, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kicker cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If a kicker ability lists multiple costs, it will have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.3031, "Kicker."
  5. Wording changed607.2hDetails
    If an object has a kicker ability printed on it and an ability printed on it that refers to whether that object was kicked, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kicker cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If a kicker ability lists multiple costs, it will have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.3132, "Kicker."
  6. Wording changed607.2hDetails
    If an object has a kicker ability printed on it and an ability printed on it that refers to whether that object was kicked, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kicker cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If a kicker ability lists multiple costs, it will have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.3233, "Kicker."
  7. Renumbered607.2h → 607.2iDetails

    Previously
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    Then
    6. Spells, Abilities, and Effects
    607. Linked Abilities

    If an object has a kicker ability printed on it and an ability printed on it that refers to whether that object was kicked, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kicker cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If a kicker ability lists multiple costs, it will have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.33, “Kicker.”
  8. Wording changed607.2iDetails
    If an object has aan kicker ability printed on it that allows an additional cost to be paid and an ability printed on it that refers to whether that objectcost was kickedpaid, those abilities are linked. The second refers only to whether the intent to pay the kickeradditional cost listed in the first was declared as the object was cast as a spell. If aan kicker ability lists multiple such costs, it willmay have multiple abilities linked to it. Each of those abilities will specify which kicker cost it refers to. See rule 702.33, "Kicker."Example: Stormscape Battlemage has "Kicker {W} and/or {2}{B}" and two abilities that may trigger when it enters the battlefield. The first triggers if it was kicked with its {W} kicker, and the second triggers if it was kicked with its {2}{B} kicker. Each of those triggered abilities is linked to its kicker ability.

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Unchanged since 2026-08-07.