Rule evolution
Rule 202.1a
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 3 wording revisions · 0 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release202.1aDetails
The mana cost of an object represents what a player must spend from his or her mana pool to cast that card. Paying an object's mana cost requires matching the color of any colored mana symbols as well as paying the generic mana indicated in the cost.
Wording changed202.1aDetails
The mana cost of an object represents what a player must spend from his or her mana pool to cast that card.
PayingUnless an object's mana cost includes Phyrexian mana symbols (see rule 107.4f), paying that mana cost requires matching the color of any colored mana symbols as well as paying the generic mana indicated in the cost.Wording changed202.1aDetails
The mana cost of an object represents what a player must spend from his or her mana pool to cast that card. Unless an object's mana cost includes Phyrexian mana symbols (see rule 107.4f), paying that mana cost requires matching the
colortype of any colored or colorless mana symbols as well as paying the generic mana indicated in the cost.Wording changed202.1aDetails
The mana cost of an object represents what a player must spend from
histheiror hermana pool to cast that card. Unless an object's mana cost includes Phyrexian mana symbols (see rule 107.4f), paying that mana cost requires matching the type of any colored or colorless mana symbols as well as paying the generic mana indicated in the cost.