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202. Mana Cost and Color
202.1
A card’s mana cost is indicated by mana symbols near the top of the card. (See rule 107.4.) On most cards, these symbols are printed in the upper right corner. Some cards from the Future Sight set have alternate frames in which the mana symbols appear to the left of the illustration.
202.2
An object is the color or colors of the mana symbols in its mana cost, regardless of the color of its frame.
202.3
The mana value of an object is a number equal to the total amount of mana in its mana cost, regardless of color.
202.4
Any additional cost listed in an object’s rules text or imposed by an effect isn’t part of the mana cost. (See rule 601, “Casting Spells.”) Such costs are paid at the same time as the spell’s other costs.