If the plotted card has any mandatory additional costs, those must still be paid to cast the spell
This story is important because I got into the habit of giving cards that enter with -1/-1 counters an inherent way to care about them or remove them
At the same time, my opponent controls [c]Faerie Guidemother[/c], [c]Tajuru Snarecaster[/c], and [c]Alpine Watchdog[/c]
DECK OVERVIEW Looking at the deck list we seem to have a good amount of mana dorks, rocks and land search, with a few payoffs in expend on other things, namely being able to cast the large enchantments in the deck
It set the standard for mind controls, and most variants at this mana value have some sort of stipulation or downside
The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was