Firebending Lesson

{R} · Instant — Lesson

Kicker {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell.) Firebending Lesson deals 2 damage to target creature. If this spell was kicked, it deals 5 damage to that creature instead.

Rulings (4)

Oct 2, 2025 · If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked.

Oct 2, 2025 · 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.

Oct 2, 2025 · The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

Oct 2, 2025 · If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

LegacyLegal

VintageLegal

ModernLegal

PioneerLegal

StandardLegal

PauperLegal

PremodernNot legal

cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=280 decks

Archetype	Format	Inclusion	Copies	Decks (n)
Jeskai Lessons	Standard	100%	3–4×	78
Izzet Lessons	Standard	100%	4×	36
Ruby Storm	Pauper	100%	1×	18
Temur Lessons	Standard	100%	4×	2
4-Color Lessons	Standard	100%	4×	1
Izzet Control	Standard	80%	1–3×	15
Jeskai Control	Standard	62.5%	1–4×	104
Temur Aggro	Modern	50%	1×	26

Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

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