Stronghold Arena 
Enchantment
Oracle text (EN)
Enchantment
Kicker 
and/or 
(You may pay an additional and/or as you cast this spell.)
When this enchantment enters, you gain 3 life for each time it was kicked.
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you may reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. If you do, you lose life equal to its mana value.
Printing details
- Set
- DMU · 404
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Alexander Mokhov
- Released
- 2022-09-09
- Prices
- €0.30 · $0.38
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2026 | €0.30 | €0.24 |
| October 28, 2026 | €0.33 | €0.24 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €0.10 trend €0.30 30-day avg €0.30 | low €0.15 trend €0.36 30-day avg €0.34 |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €0.24 with Zero from €0.24 | NM from €0.29 with Zero from €0.29 |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €0.19 | NM from €0.29 |
Cardmarket updated Nov 2, 2026 · CardTrader updated Nov 2, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Legal
- modern Legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Legal
- competitivebrawl Legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Legal
- historic Legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Legal
- predh Not legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Legal
- tlr Legal
Rulings
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As Stronghold Arena's last ability resolves, you don't get to see what the card of your library is before deciding whether to reveal it. If you choose to reveal it, you must put it into your hand and will lose life.
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Normally, combat damage is dealt all at the same time. In that case, Stronghold Arena's last ability triggers once for each opponent that creatures you control dealt combat damage to, regardless of how many creatures were dealing that damage. If any of those creatures have double strike or first strike, the ability will trigger once for each opponent dealt damage in each combat damage step.
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You may kick Stronghold Arena only once for its
cost and only once for its cost. You can kick it twice by paying , but you can't kick it twice by paying or . You can't kick it more than twice. -
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
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If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
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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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If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
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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.