Norn's Annex — ruling 1

The controller of each creature attacking you or a planeswalker you control pays either {W} or 2 life as attackers are being declared.

Norn's Annex — ruling 2

If a player attacks with more than one creature, that player chooses how to pay each cost individually. For example, if you attack with two creatures, you may pay {W} for one cost and 2 life for the other.

Norn's Annex — ruling 3

Multiple Norn's Annexes controlled by the same player will each impose a cost to attack. Players choose how they pay each cost individually. For example, if a creature you control is attacking a player who controls two Norn's Annexes, you may pay {W} for one cost and 2 life for the other.

Norn's Annex — ruling 4

If you control Norn's Annex, your opponents can choose not to attack with a creature with an ability that says it must attack.

Norn's Annex — ruling 5

A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.

Norn's Annex — ruling 6

To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.

Norn's Annex — ruling 7

As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.

Norn's Annex — ruling 8

If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

Norn's Annex : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Norn's Annex is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

( can be paid with either or 2 life.) Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays for each of those creatures.

How it works : Norn's Annex

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
The controller of each creature attacking you or a planeswalker you control pays either or 2 life as attackers are being declared.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
If a player attacks with more than one creature, that player chooses how to pay each cost individually. For example, if you attack with two creatures, you may pay for one cost and 2 life for the other.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
Multiple Norn's Annexes controlled by the same player will each impose a cost to attack. Players choose how they pay each cost individually. For example, if a creature you control is attacking a player who controls two Norn's Annexes, you may pay for one cost and 2 life for the other.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
If you control Norn's Annex, your opponents can choose not to attack with a creature with an ability that says it must attack.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#6June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#7June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#8June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#9June 1, 2011· Wizards of the Coast
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
No other card is named in this ruling.