Empower is formatted as “Empower [Cost]” 1. Empower is functionally short for “[Cost]: Empower this. Play only if not Empowered.” 2. Empower costs may include both resource costs and non-resource costs. 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. 4. Empower abilities may include text that alters the timing of the Empower ability.
