Boom Scholar
Creature — Goblin Advisor
Exhaust abilities of other permanents you control cost 
less to activate.
Exhaust — 
: Creatures and Vehicles you control gain trample until end of turn. Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. until end of turn. Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature.
Brian Valeza
Aetherdrift (DFT)
• #189Rulings
If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)
If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)
Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)
Boom Scholar’s first ability can cause the mana component of the cost to activate an ability to be {0}.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)
Rulings
If an ability triggers whenever you activate an exhaust ability, that ability resolves before the exhaust ability resolves.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)
If an exhaust ability of a permanent is activated, and then that permanent leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield, it becomes a new object so its exhaust ability can be activated again.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)
Exhaust abilities can be activated any time you could normally activate an ability.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)
Boom Scholar’s first ability can cause the mana component of the cost to activate an ability to be {0}.
(wotc • 2025-02-07)