When playing Kraken Hunter off Reinforce, if choosing to Accelerate it, do you need to pay the Accelerate energy cost or does Reinforce discount it?

Ruling: Reinforce discounts the Accelerate energy cost. You would only need to pay the 3 power cost (which can be paid with Buffs).

Sequence:

• Accelerate is an optional additional cost that is applied before discounts
• Reinforce then discounts the total energy cost (including the Accelerate cost)
• You still need to pay the power cost separately

Nuances:

• The power cost can be paid with Buffs
• Reinforce only discounts the printed energy cost in the upper left, not power costs