Consult the Star Charts — ruling 1

The value of X is calculated only once, as Consult the Star Charts resolves.

Consult the Star Charts — ruling 2

If a spell’s kicker cost was paid, the spell is “kicked.”

Consult the Star Charts — ruling 3

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

Consult the Star Charts — ruling 4

If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked.

Consult the Star Charts — ruling 5

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.

Consult the Star Charts : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Consult the Star Charts 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 (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of lands you control. Put one of those cards into your hand. If this spell was kicked, put two of those cards into your hand instead. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

How it works : Consult the Star Charts

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1July 25, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
The value of X is calculated only once, as Consult the Star Charts resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2July 25, 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.
#3July 25, 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.
#4July 25, 2025· Wizards of the Coast
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5July 25, 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.