Swift Kick
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · 0.22 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Mathias Kollros
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-09-26
Flavour text
Shintan sensed the malice in his opponent, but he did not strike until the orc's muscles tensed in preparation to throw the first punch.
Rulings
If either target is an illegal target when Swift Kick tries to resolve, neither creature will deal or be dealt damage.
If just the creature you control is an illegal target when Swift Kick tries to resolve, it won’t get +1/+0 until end of turn. If the creature you control is a legal target but the creature you don’t control isn’t, the creature you control will get +1/+0 until end of turn.
You can’t cast Swift Kick unless you target both a creature you control and a creature you don’t control.