Animar and apocalypse = ?

[Greg54js]

{animar, soul of the elements}
{apocalypse hydra}

Okay so animar gets those counters that reduce the cost of creature spells.
My question: animar has say 10 counters, I go to cast apocalypse hydra and chose x to be 12, does animar reduce it so I only pay {2}{R}{G}?

[scarsabrex]

Yes

[Greg54js]

Yes

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