Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
If this spell was kicked, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each creature you control.
Illustrated by Dominik Mayer · Dominaria United · #62
2024-11-08
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.
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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.
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If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
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If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
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The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
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If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
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Once Protect the Negotiators starts to resolve, its instructions are followed in the order they're written. If it was kicked, the Soldier creature token will be on the battlefield when the amount of mana the target spell's controller needs to pay is determined.
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You may not cast Protect the Negotiators without a spell to target.
. If they do, you create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")
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instead.
— Create a 2/2 white Spirit creature token with flying.
