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Rule 203
Costs must be paid in order to get their linked Effect.
Rule hierarchy
Direct children
203.1Paying a Cost requires a player to perform the appropriate game action: pay resources, spend counters or XP, kill units, etc.203.2The Cost is still considered paid even if the associated game action is replaced.203.3If the game action associated with a Cost is impossible for any reason such that a player cannot perform it, then they cannot pay the Cost and they will not execute the linked Effect.