Flametongue Yearling — ruling 1

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

Flametongue Yearling — ruling 2

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

Flametongue Yearling — ruling 3

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

Flametongue Yearling — ruling 4

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.

Flametongue Yearling — ruling 5

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.

Flametongue Yearling — ruling 6

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

Flametongue Yearling — ruling 7

Flametongue Yearling's last triggered ability checks its power when it resolves. If it isn't on the battlefield when it resolves, its last known information will be used. This may result in no damage being dealt if it had 0 or less power when it left the battlefield.

Flametongue Yearling : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Flametongue Yearling 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

Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.) This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked. When this creature enters, it deals damage equal to its power to target creature.

How it works : Flametongue Yearling

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1November 8, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2November 8, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3November 8, 2024· 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.
#4November 8, 2024· 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.
#5November 8, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6November 8, 2024· Wizards of the Coast
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7June 18, 2021· Wizards of the Coast
Flametongue Yearling's last triggered ability checks its power when it resolves. If it isn't on the battlefield when it resolves, its last known information will be used. This may result in no damage being dealt if it had 0 or less power when it left the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.