Is Yellow Kennen cost when it attacks or is played can be reduced by purple ezreal ?

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FAQ #12696·asked by Roger Piscine·September 26, 2026
Answer

No — Purple (Chaos) Ezreal, Prodigy only reduces optional additional costs you pay (Accelerate, Repeat and similar), and Kennen, Keeper of Balance's stun is neither.

Kennen's "[2] to Stun a unit" sits in the "you may" slot as a cost within instructions, which makes it the base cost of the triggered ability that must be paid to finalize the trigger (Rule 383.3.b). Discounts on ability costs don't apply unless the effect says so (Rule 206.1), and Ezreal's text speaks only to optional additional costs on cards. The same reasoning is already confirmed in FAQ #12281 for Astral Heron's card-play discount — you still pay the full [2].

Same goes for Kennen's own 3 Energy cost, incidentally: that's a base cost, and Ezreal doesn't touch base costs either.

References

Suggested answer — derived from the references below

Rules

CR 356.4

Core Rules 2026-07-16 > Section 300: Playing the Game > Rule 356.4

CR 206

Core Rules 2026-07-16 > Section 200: Section 200 > Rule 206

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