Rule evolution
Rule 118.6a
Previously numbered 116.6a, 117.6a.
Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 0 wording revisions · 2 renumberings
Earliest archived Rules release116.6aDetails
If an unpayable cost is increased by an effect or an additional cost is imposed, the cost is still unpayable. If an alternative cost is applied to an unpayable cost, including an effect that allows a player to cast a spell without paying its mana cost, the alternative cost may be paid.
Renumbered
116.6a→ 117.6aDetailsPreviously
1. Game Concepts
116. CostsThen
1. Game Concepts
117. CostsIf an unpayable cost is increased by an effect or an additional cost is imposed, the cost is still unpayable. If an alternative cost is applied to an unpayable cost, including an effect that allows a player to cast a spell without paying its mana cost, the alternative cost may be paid.
Renumbered
117.6a→ 118.6aDetailsPreviously
1. Game Concepts
117. CostsThen
1. Game Concepts
118. CostsIf an unpayable cost is increased by an effect or an additional cost is imposed, the cost is still unpayable. If an alternative cost is applied to an unpayable cost, including an effect that allows a player to cast a spell without paying its mana cost, the alternative cost may be paid.