Pouncing Kavu

{1}{R}Creature — Kavu1/1

Kicker {2}{R} (You may pay an additional {2}{R} as you cast this spell.)

First strike

If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it and with haste.

First strike. This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. · CR 702.7

Kicker. You may pay an additional cost as you cast this for a bonus effect. · CR 702.33

If the Pouncing Kavu is kicked, it enters with haste and will keep this ability until it leaves the battlefield. (2004-10-04)
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked." (2024-11-08)
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)
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it. (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. (2024-11-08)
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once. (2024-11-08)
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)