Borrowed Malevolence

one black mana Instant

Escalate two generic mana (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)

Choose one or both —

• Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

• Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

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Borrowed Malevolence rulings

2016-07-13
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.
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You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.
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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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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.
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Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
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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.
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Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.

Borrowed Malevolence keyword rules

Escalate Rule 702.120

Escalate is a static ability of modal spells (see rule ) that functions while the spell with escalate is on the stack. “Escalate [cost]” means “For each mode you choose beyond the first as you cast this spell, you pay an additional [cost].” Paying a spell’s escalate cost follows the rules for paying additional costs in rules –h.