Vampire's Bite
Mana value1TypeInstant
Color identity Black
RarityCommon
SetDuel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt (DDK)
ArtistChristopher Moeller
Price€0.29 · $0.27About this card
Vampire's Bite is an instant card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 1 (color identity: black). First printed in Zendikar (2009); 2 paper printings in total. Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy, Vintage and Pauper. Cheapest printing: €0.23 (Zendikar); most expensive: €0.29 (Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt).
Vampire's Bite
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
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If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
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The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
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If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
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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.
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If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
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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.
