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Strength of the Coalition

Magic: The GatheringDominaria United#180

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Dominaria UnitedDMU · #180
Card type
Instant
Rarity
Uncommon
Indicative price
0.08 € · ★ 0.09 € · 0.15 $ · ★ 0.09 $
Mana value
1
Colour
Green

Card text

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Format legality

  • BrawlLegal
  • CommanderLegal
  • CompetitivebrawlLegal
  • DuelLegal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • HistoricLegal
  • LegacyLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • PioneerLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator
Justine Cruz
Card language
English
Release date
2022-09-09

Flavour text

"Root and wing, claw and sword; this will be a memorable stand, indeed." —Lyra Dawnbringer

Rulings

If the spell is kicked, the target creature will get both a +1/+1 counter and +2/+2 until end of turn.

If the target creature is an illegal target as Strength of the Coalition tries to resolve, none of its effects will occur. You won't put a +1/+1 counter on any creatures, even if it was kicked.

If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

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.

If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

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.

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