Akoum Firebird — ruling 1

A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.

Akoum Firebird — ruling 2

A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.

Akoum Firebird — ruling 3

Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).

Akoum Firebird — ruling 4

If, during its controller's declare attackers step, Akoum Firebird is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost. If they don't, Akoum Firebird doesn't have to attack.

Akoum Firebird — ruling 5

The landfall ability triggers only if Akoum Firebird is in your graveyard at the moment the land enters the battlefield.

Akoum Firebird — ruling 6

Players can respond to the triggered ability, but once it starts resolving and you decide whether to pay {4}{R}{R}, it's too late for anyone to respond.

Akoum Firebird : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Akoum Firebird is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Flying, haste This creature attacks each combat if able. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may pay . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

How it works : Akoum Firebird

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1November 8, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2November 8, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3November 8, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
If, during its controller's declare attackers step, Akoum Firebird is tapped or is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost. If they don't, Akoum Firebird doesn't have to attack.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
The landfall ability triggers only if Akoum Firebird is in your graveyard at the moment the land enters the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6August 25, 2015· Wizards of the Coast
Players can respond to the triggered ability, but once it starts resolving and you decide whether to pay , it's too late for anyone to respond.
No other card is named in this ruling.