Isochron Scepter and Overload

[(nameless one)]

Alright, I have an Isochron Scepter with Cyclonic Rift imprinted on it. If I activate the said Scepter, can I pay for Cyclonic Rift's Overload cost instead of not paying its mana cost?

Thanks in advance!

[jjjoness']

From magiccards.info


12/1/2004: You don't pay the spell's mana cost. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can't use any alternative costs.

Ergo, no you can't pay the overload cost.

[cdr]

To be more specific, "without paying its mana cost" is an alternate cost. Unsurprisingly you can only pay one cost for a spell, and Isochron Scepter only lets you play the copy with the "without paying its mana cost" cost.

You can, of course, pay optional additional costs like kicker or replicate.

[(nameless one)]

Thanks for the reply!