- Unstable Footing
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Unstable Footing
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mana_cost
Types
Instant
types
Prices
Normal
Foil
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Near Mint
$0.16
$0.10
Lightly Played
$0.15
$0.02
Moderately Played
$0.05
$0.04
Heavily Played
N/A
$0.08
Damaged
N/A
$0.18
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Near Mint
$0.35
$0.15
Lightly Played
$0.51
$0.20
Moderately Played
$0.35
$0.31
Heavily Played
N/A
$0.23
Damaged
N/A
$0.15
Details
Rules
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Damage can't be prevented this turn. If this spell was kicked, it deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.
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Power
power
Toughness
toughness
Color Identity
color_identity
Rarity
Uncommon
rarity
Number
153
number
Artist
Nic Klein
artist
Language
English
language
(EN)
language_code
Expansion
Zendikar
expansion.name
Rulings
Effects that replace or redirect damage without using the word "prevent" are not affected by Unstable Footing.
2009-10-01
If Unstable Footing is kicked and the targeted player is an illegal target by the time it resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. Damage can still be prevented.
2009-10-01
If a creature is dealt lethal damage, it can still regenerate. If it does, the damage marked on it will be removed from it.
2009-10-01
If damage can't be prevented, damage prevention shields don't have any effect. If a prevention effect has an additional effect, the additional effect will still work (if possible). Spells that create prevention effects can still be cast, and abilities that create prevention effects can still be activated.
2009-10-01
If damage can't be prevented, static abilities that prevent damage (including protection abilities) don't do so. If they have additional effects that don't depend on the amount of damage prevented, those additional effects will still work. Such effects are applied only once per source of damage.
2009-10-01
Unstable Footing's effect causes damage from all sources to be unpreventable, not just damage from Unstable Footing itself.
2009-10-01
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
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
2024-11-08
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
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
2024-11-08
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
2024-11-08
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
rulings
A long way down is shorter than you think.
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Discussion
Code
Model attributes
id
string
The id of the card
ZEN-153
name
string
The name of the card
Unstable Footing
mana_cost
string
The cost to cast the card
{R}
types
string[]
The types of card, such as Creature.
Instant
color_identity
string
The color identity of the card (the colors that appear on the card)
R
variants
object[]
The variants the card is available in, such as normal or foil, and their prices.
variants.name
string
The variant name, such as normal or foil
normal
variants.prices
object[]
The variant name, such as normal or coldFoil
rarity
string
The rarity of the card
Uncommon
number
string
The card number
153
artist
string
The artist of the card
Nic Klein
language
string
The language of the card, such as English.
English
language_code
string
The language code, such as EN.
EN
images
object[]
The images of the card
images.large
string
The large url of the image
https://images.scrydex.com/magicthegathering/ZEN-153/large
expansion
object
The expansion the card belongs to
expansion.name
string
The name of the expansion
Zendikar
flavor_text
string
The flavor text of the card
A long way down is shorter than you think.