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Tempest Owl

Tempest Owl

{1}{U}Creature — Bird1/2

Kicker {4}{U} (You may pay an additional {4}{U} as you cast this spell.)

Flying

When this creature enters, if it was kicked, tap up to three target permanents.

Keyword reminders

Kicker. You may pay an additional cost as you cast this for a bonus effect. · CR 702.33
Flying. This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. · CR 702.9

Official rulings

  1. If Tempest Owl was kicked, you may target zero, one, two, or three permanents. They don't have to be untapped. (2009-10-01)
  2. If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked." (2024-11-08)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it. (2024-11-08)
  7. The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once. (2024-11-08)

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