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Vampire's BiteHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt· March 15, 2013
Carte Magic Vampire's Bite

Vampire's Bite 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.

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Official card text

Kicker {2}{B} (You may pay an additional {2}{B} as you cast this spell.) Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

How it works : Vampire's Bite

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

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

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· 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.

  3. #3· 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.

  4. #4· 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.

  5. #5· 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.

  6. #6· 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.

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Legal formats

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