Swift Kick
Instant
Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. It fights target creature you don't control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #24943
Swift Kick trades your creature's power for a fight — meaning a 5/5 attacker turns into a five-damage removal spell at instant speed. Three mana for a conditional kill is the ceiling here, and Swift Kick only reaches that ceiling when you're already ahead on board.
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, Swift Kick is fringe — fight spells compete against unconditional removal like Swords to Plowshares and Generous Gift, and three mana at instant speed for a fight is a real cost when your biggest creature is often the one you least want to tap into danger. Pauper is the format where Swift Kick is most plausible, since the removal pool is narrower and a large attacker grinding into a blocker has real upside. In Modern, Legacy, and Vintage the card simply doesn't show up — faster formats have better tools at every point on the curve. Pioneer sits in the same category: playable in theory, outclassed in practice.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Swift Kick is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Bulk fight spells don't appreciate unless a Commander breakout gives them a dedicated home, and nothing on the current landscape points that direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.