All-Star Kicker
~$0.17 TCGplayer
Red. Creature — Orc Athlete
Mystery Booster 2 #557 · Illustrated by Marika Lord
Mystery Booster 2 #557 · Illustrated by Marika LordWhat is All-Star Kicker worth?
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Oracle text
Assist kicker 
(You and up to one other player can spend mana to pay this kicker cost.)
When All-Star Kicker enters the battlefield, your team may pass the ball. Then if All-Star Kicker was kicked, creatures your team controls get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn. (To pass the ball, one of the players on your team gives a permanent or card in hand to another player on your team.)
2/2
Format legality
The only printing of All-Star Kicker
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mystery Booster 2 mb2 #557· 2024rare· Cardmarket €0.18 | rare | $0.17 | €0.18 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2024
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- Keywords
- Assist
- Artist
- Marika Lord
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Mystery Booster 2 card (#557).
0557 · MB2 · R · EN
- 0557Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- MB2Set code for Mystery Booster 2
- RRare
- ENPrinted in English
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Card breakdown
The parts of All-Star Kicker, read from the Mystery Booster 2 printing. Tap a label to highlight its line. How to read any Magic card.
- Top: name and cost
- Art and type line
- Text box
- Bottom: stats and the info line
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Top: name and cost
Art and type line
Text box
Bottom: stats and the info line
Keywords
- AssistCR 702.132
- Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (7)
2024-11-08
If there are no other players on your team (probably because you’re not playing a Two-Headed Giant or similar multiplayer game), you can’t pass the ball. However, if All-Star Kicker was kicked, its last ability will still give creatures you control +1/+1 and haste until end of turn.
2024-11-08
You may reveal a card with assist kicker and discuss how to pay for it before you begin to cast the spell. Targets are chosen for that spell before you choose another player to help you pay for it and before that player has committed any mana to doing so.
2024-11-08
For many playtest cards, you’ll need to make a generous assumption that basic game rules would be updated to allow them to work. The Mystery Booster 2 Playtest Card Notes section (reproduced here in individual Gatherer rulings) provides guidance for fitting these cards into the existing rules structure.
2024-11-08
Playtest cards use a modified version of game symbols, such as
and 
. These modified symbols should be treated as the standard symbols during play.2024-11-08
Playtest cards aren’t legal for play in any tournament format other than Mystery Booster Limited formats. On the other hand, we expect they will spice up a wide variety of non-tournament games (as long as everyone’s on the same page about using them!).
2024-11-08
Assist kicker is a variant of the kicker ability. An assist kicker cost is a kicker cost.
2024-11-08
Only the assist kicker cost (or part of that cost) can be paid by another player. Any other costs must be paid by the spell’s controller.
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