Firebending Lesson — ruling 1

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

Firebending Lesson — ruling 2

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.

Firebending Lesson — ruling 3

If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked.

Firebending Lesson — ruling 4

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

Firebending Lesson : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Firebending Lesson 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

Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) Firebending Lesson deals 2 damage to target creature. If this spell was kicked, it deals 5 damage to that creature instead.

How it works : Firebending Lesson

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4October 2, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
No other card is named in this ruling.

Legal formats

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