Prison Barricade
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Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Kicker {1}{W} (You may pay an additional {1}{W} as you cast this spell.)
If this creature was kicked, it enters with a +1/+1 counter on it and with "This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender."
What it does
Tagged as +1/+1 counters — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Keyword reminders
Official rulings
- If the Prison Barricade is kicked, it enters with the ability to attack as if it did not have Defender and will keep this ability until it leaves the battlefield. (2005-08-01)
- The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once. (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 Prison Barricade 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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