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If I play two or more Aura of Silence or have them active at the same time, do my opponent's spells cost an additional 4, 6, or more mana?

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Yes, your opponents' spells cost 2 more for each Aura of Silence you have on the battlefield.


While I haven't found a ruling for this situation specifically, your question can be broken down into two components: how multiple static abilities coexist, and how multiple cost-changing abilities interact.

The first question is pretty straightforward: all continous effects are applied independently of one another, even if two of them happen to do the same thing. For instance, if you had two Glorious Anthem on the battlefield, all creatures you control would get +1/+1 from each enchantment, for a total of +2/+2.

The second question is covered by rule 601.2f (excerpt, emphasis mine):

The player determines the total cost of the spell.... The total cost is the mana cost or alternative cost, plus all additional costs and cost increases, and minus all cost reductions.

So it is definitely possible for multiple abilities to increase the cost of spell.

Combining the two leads to the logical conclusion that any number of Auras on the battlefield will each increase the spell cost by 2 mana.

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  • Grand Arbiter Augustin IV has a ruling that cost reductions are added together, and the same wording is used to apply cost increases and cost reductions.
    – ikegami
    Commented Jun 19, 2017 at 20:48
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The effects do stack. The closest definitive source I can find for this is rule 601.2f, which says "The total cost is the mana cost or alternative cost (as determined in rule 601.2b), plus all additional costs and cost increases, and minus all cost reductions." and the fact that the card reads "two more" instead of some set amount, such as something like Trinisphere.

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