Insightful Investigator

Insightful Investigator reads "When you play me, choose an opponent. They reveal their hand. You may pay 2 XP to choose a card from their hand. If you do, they discard that card and draw 1." Here we see the final example, where the ability contains a cost within instructions that does not fall where we would expect it to be for the sequence. This cost within

204.2.a. Additional Costs must be paid to finalize the spell or ability, in addition to the base cost. 204.3. Costs within Instructions: These Costs are part of the resolution of a spell or ability, and will take the form "[do X] to [do Y]." 204.3.a. When Costs within Instructions appear as the first part of the effect in triggered abilities, the cost is tak