Collective Effort

Rules for this card

• Escalate Rule 702.120 Glossary

  A keyword ability on some modal spells that adds a cost for choosing additional modes. See rule 702.120, “Escalate.”

Rulings (9)

• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  You choose all of your modes at once. You can't wait to perform one mode's actions and then decide to choose more modes.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  If one target of an escalate spell becomes illegal, the other targets will still be affected. If all of the targets become illegal, the spell won't resolve.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  If you choose the first and third modes, and destroying the creature ends an "exile until" effect (such as that of Lunarch Inquisitors), the creature will return to the battlefield before you put +1/+1 counters on creatures. The same is true if you choose the second and third modes and destroying the enchantment ends such an effect.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  You can't choose any one mode multiple times.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  Additional costs don't affect a spell's mana value.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  You can tap any untapped creature you control to pay the escalate cost, including one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of the turn.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  If an effect allows you to cast a spell that has escalate without paying its mana cost, you pay escalate costs for that spell if you choose more than one mode.
• July 13, 2016 · Wizards of the Coast
  If two of the chosen modes of an escalate spell target a creature, you may choose the same creature for each mode's target, or choose different creatures. The same is true if the chosen modes target a player (or opponent).

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