Chocobo Kick — ruling 1

If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

Chocobo Kick — ruling 2

If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

Chocobo Kick — ruling 3

If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

Chocobo Kick — ruling 4

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.

Chocobo Kick — ruling 5

If either target is illegal as Chocobo Kick resolves, no damage will be dealt. If both targets are illegal, the spell won't resolve at all.

Chocobo Kick — ruling 6

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.

Chocobo Kick — ruling 7

The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

Chocobo Kick : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Chocobo Kick is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Kicker—Return a land you control to its owner's hand. (You may return a land you control to its owner's hand in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.) Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls. If this spell was kicked, the creature you control deals twice that much damage instead.

How it works : Chocobo Kick

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1June 6, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2June 6, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3June 6, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4June 6, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5June 6, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If either target is illegal as Chocobo Kick resolves, no damage will be dealt. If both targets are illegal, the spell won't resolve at all.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6June 6, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7June 6, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
No other card is named in this ruling.

Legal formats

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