Historical Rules · 16 January 2026
Rule 602.1e
Official source text from the 16 January 2026 Rules release
If a spell or ability that refers to the “activation cost” of an ability modifies how a player may pay that cost, that modification applies to the total cost of that ability, even if that cost is increased and/or decreased by other effects. See rules 602.2b and 601.2f.