TheDude1 said: It may make sense, but then either (a) cycling the card shouldn't be possible since no mana is technically available for the function, or (b) the note about "mana cannot be drained or raised" needs to go away.Plus, it's inconsistent since other cards have their drain effect take place without actually draining from a stored mana card - for example, Saproling Migration still creates all four saprolings without actually draining 3 mana.
Machine said: Cycling is not considered a draining ability. I tried cycling with Chorus of the Conclave. Cycling didn't trigger Chorus's ability.