Kick in the Door
Sorcery
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains haste until end of turn and can't be blocked by Walls this turn. Venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #11876
Kick in the Door puts three keywords — menace, trample, and haste — on a creature for a single red mana, and in a Zada, Hedron Grinder deck that single target spell copies to every creature you control. The rate is absurd; this is a one-mana win condition in the right shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada, Hedron Grinder copies Kick in the Door for each other creature you control, turning a one-mana cantrip-sized spell into a board-wide haste-and-trample grant that closes games the turn it resolves — 38% of Zada decks already run it for exactly this reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kick in the Door is essentially a Zada, Hedron Grinder card — outside that specific engine, handing one creature menace, trample, and haste for one mana rarely moves the needle in a multiplayer game. In Pauper and Modern, the three-keyword package at one mana is genuinely efficient for aggressive red decks that want to push through a stalled board in a single combat step. Legacy and Vintage have enough redundancy that this slot faces stiff competition, but the floor is low enough that it costs nothing to try. The card is legal in every major format except Standard.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Kick in the Door is deep bulk — you're paying a nickel for a card that overperforms in one specific Commander shell. Bulk rares and commons at this price point rarely spike unless a breakout deck pushes demand, so pick up copies freely and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.