Strength of the Tajuru

Strength of the Tajuru

{X}{G}{G}Instant

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Multikicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell.)

Choose target creature, then choose another target creature for each time this spell was kicked. Put X +1/+1 counters on each of them.

What it does

Tagged as +1/+1 counters — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Get it in a precon

One preconstructed deck includes this card.

Official rulings

  1. For example, if you want to put four +1/+1 counters on each of three different targets, that means X is 4 and you're kicking the spell twice. You'll pay a mana cost of {4}{G}{G}, plus a kicker cost of {1}, plus another kicker cost of {1}, for a total of {6}{G}{G}. (2010-03-01)
  2. Each target you choose must be different. (2010-03-01)
  3. The number of targets you choose for Strength of the Tajuru is one more than the number of times it's kicked. First you declare how many times you're going to kick the spell (at the same time you declare the value of X), then you choose the targets accordingly, then you pay the costs. No player can respond between the time you declare how many times you'll kick the spell and the time you choose the targets. (2010-03-01)
  4. As long as any of its targets are legal at the time Strength of the Tajuru resolves, you'll put X +1/+1 counters on each of those legal targets. (2010-03-01)
  5. If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was. (2024-11-08)
  6. If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked." (2024-11-08)
  7. If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it. (2024-11-08)
  8. The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once. (2024-11-08)
  9. 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. (2024-11-08)
  10. 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. (2024-11-08)

Printings & prices

Every set Strength of the Tajuru has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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