Empower (Backline) — Riftbound Rules

Section 827 — 13 rules

827.1.: Empower is an Activated Ability keyword.
827.1.a.: Empower is normally present on permanents and legends.
827.1.b.: Empower has a cost to activate and Empowers the source of the ability when the cost is paid. See rule 441. Empower (Game Action) for more information.
827.1.b.1.: The source game object is not a target of the Empower ability.
827.1.c.: Empower is formatted as “Empower [Cost]”
827.1.c.1.: Empower is functionally short for “[Cost]: Empower this. Play only if not Empowered.”
827.1.c.2.: Empower costs may include both resource costs and non-resource costs.
827.1.c.3.: Empower abilities may also include text that alters the Empower cost. Such text is taken into account when determining a card’s Empower cost for any reason.
827.1.c.4.: Empower abilities may include text that alters the timing of the Empower ability.
827.2.: When the Empower action completes from this keyword, the source permanent or legend becomes Empowered.
827.2.a.: This is an event other Game Effects and Triggered Abilities can reference.
827.3.: Multiple instances of Empower are equivalent to multiple activated abilities and can each be activated separately by paying the corresponding costs.
827.4.: Empower and whether a permanent or legend has Empower are a characteristic of those Game Objects and may be checked or referenced by other Game Effects.