Consult the Star Charts

Consult the Star Charts

{1}{U}Instant

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Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} 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.

What it does

Tagged as Card draw — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Keyword reminders

Kicker. You may pay an additional cost as you cast this for a bonus effect. · CR 702.33

Official rulings

  1. The kicker ability doesn’t let you pay a kicker cost more than once. (2025-07-25)
  2. If a spell’s kicker cost was paid, the spell is “kicked.” (2025-07-25)
  3. 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. (2025-07-25)
  4. If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. (2025-07-25)
  5. The value of X is calculated only once, as Consult the Star Charts resolves. (2025-07-25)

Printings & prices

Every set Consult the Star Charts has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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