Restore cost

The restore cost is the energy that must be paid during a player's restore phase to avoid draining or discarding a permanent. The restore cost is printed under the main cost on the permanent's card.

• If the restore cost is paid during the restore phase and the permanent is drained, it is undrained.
• If the restore cost is not paid during the restore phase and the permanent is undrained and it shares a faction with it's leader, it is drained.
• In all other cases, the permanent is discarded. This means that if the restore cost is not paid on a permanent that is either a drained or that does not share a faction with its leader, it is discarded.

Tools have an implied ability that changes when restore costs must be paid.

See Also

• Restore phase