Rulings

• 2013-04-15
  If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to pay its overload cost instead.
• 2013-04-15
  Effects that cause you to pay more or less for a spell will cause you to pay that much more or less while casting it for its overload cost, too.
• 2013-04-15
  Casting a spell with overload doesn’t change that spell’s mana cost. You just pay the overload cost instead.
• 2013-04-15
  Overload doesn’t change when you can cast the spell.
• 2013-04-15
  Note that if the spell with overload is dealing damage, protection from that spell’s color will still prevent that damage.
• 2013-04-15
  Because a spell with overload doesn’t target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.
• 2013-04-15
  If you don’t pay the overload cost of a spell, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won’t have any targets.
• 2021-03-19
  To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you’re paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The converted mana cost of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.
• 2021-03-19
  Because a spell with overload doesn’t target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect artifacts with hexproof or with protection from red.
• 2021-03-19
  If you don’t pay the overload cost of Vandalblast, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won’t have any targets.