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Can a cost reduction pay for colored mana?

A single well-sourced forum answer; no official ruling.

  • JockiB · Community · 2010-02-08
  • AndyVZ · Community · 2010-02-08

No. Reductions only lower the generic part of a cost unless the card says otherwise, so a spell such as Tombstalker bottoms out at its colored symbols (BB).

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