Cryptic Trilobite
Creature — Trilobite
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Add 
. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Leesha Hannigan
Commander 2020 (C20)
• #21Rulings
You can spend the two colorless mana produced by Cryptic Trilobite on two different activated abilities.
(wotc • 2020-04-17)
A mana cost of {X}{X} means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay {6} to cast Cryptic Trilobite.
(wotc • 2020-04-17)
Activated abilities contain a colon, such as Cryptic Trilobite’s activated mana ability and its last activated ability. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities (such as cycling) and will have colons in their reminder text.
(wotc • 2020-04-17)
Rulings
You can spend the two colorless mana produced by Cryptic Trilobite on two different activated abilities.
(wotc • 2020-04-17)
A mana cost of {X}{X} means that you pay twice X. If you want X to be 3, you pay {6} to cast Cryptic Trilobite.
(wotc • 2020-04-17)
Activated abilities contain a colon, such as Cryptic Trilobite’s activated mana ability and its last activated ability. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities (such as cycling) and will have colons in their reminder text.
(wotc • 2020-04-17)