Gatekeeper of Malakir

Foundations (FDN) #752 · Uncommon · Creature — Vampire Warrior

Mana cost: {B}{B}

Kicker {B} (You may pay an additional {B} as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

"You may enter the city—once the toll is paid."

Power/toughness 2/2 · Illustrated by Karl Kopinski · Released April 24, 2026

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 14, 2026: unchanged at $0.27 USD.

Printings

  1. Foundations #752 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2026 · $0.27 USD
  2. Foundations #713 (FDN) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.15 USD foil
  3. The List #ZEN-89 (PLST) · Uncommon · 2020 · $0.35 USD
  4. Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt #8 (DDK) · Uncommon · 2013 · $0.27 USD
  5. Magic Online Promos #37853 (PRM) · Uncommon · 2013
  6. Friday Night Magic 2010 #11 (F10) · Rare · 2010 · $2.75 USD foil
  7. Zendikar #89 (ZEN) · Uncommon · 2009 · $0.28 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2024-11-08 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2024-11-08 · wotc — The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  3. 2024-11-08 · wotc — If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  4. 2024-11-08 · wotc — If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  5. 2024-11-08 · wotc — 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.
  6. 2024-11-08 · wotc — If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

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