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**'''701.7a''' To discard a card, move it from its owner’s hand to that player’s graveyard.
**'''701.7a''' To discard a card, move it from its owner’s hand to that player’s graveyard.
**'''701.7b''' By default, effects that cause a player to discard a card allow the affected player to choose which card to discard. Some effects, however, require a random discard or allow another player to choose which card is discarded.
**'''701.7b''' By default, effects that cause a player to discard a card allow the affected player to choose which card to discard. Some effects, however, require a random discard or allow another player to choose which card is discarded.
**'''701.7c''' If a card is discarded, but an effect causes it to be put into a hidden zone instead of into its owner’s graveyard without being revealed, all values of that card’s characteristics are considered to be undefined. If a card is discarded this way to pay a cost that specifies a characteristic about the discarded card, that cost payment is illegal; the game returns to the moment before the cost was paid (see rule 717, "Handling Illegal Actions").
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Revision as of 11:27, 19 February 2012

Discard is a mechanic which takes cards from a player's hand and puts them in their graveyard. Discard is in the black part of the color pie. Discard spells are more often at sorcery speed, a few have been printed at instant speed. The target of a discard spell more often gets to choose which cards to discard. Cards which give the choice to the discard spell's caster cost more, as do cards which force a random discard. Random discard spells are said to be "unfun", so less of them have been made. The creature type Spectres are famous for causing players to discard cards when they are unblocked.

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List of discard instants and sorceries

Instants

One card

Two cards

Sorceries

One card

Two cards

Three cards

Variable cards

  • Cabal Therapy{B} name a nonland card, target player discards all cards with that name. Also has flashback (sacrifice a creature).
  • Cabal Conditioning{6}{B} any number of players each discards cards from their hand equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.
  • Death Cloud{X}{B}{B}{B} each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures and X lands.
  • Hint of Insanity{2}{B} all nonland cards with the same name as another card in their hand
  • Ill-Gotten Gains{2}{B}{B} each player discards their hand then puts up to three cards from their graveyard into their hand.
  • Last Rites{2}{B} you discard any number of cards from your hand, then you choose a nonland card for each card to discard of target player
  • Mind Burst{1}{B} their choice of X cards where X is one plus the number of Mind Burst cards in all graveyards.
  • Mind Extraction{2}{B} you sacrifice a creature, target player reveals their hand and discards all cards of each of the sacrificed creatures colors.
  • Mind Shatter{X}{B}{B} X cards at random
  • Mind Sludge{4}{B} target player discards a card from their hand for each swamp you control.
  • Mind Twist{X}{B} randomly discard X cards
  • Mind Warp{X}{3}{B} your choice of X cards
  • Noxious Vapors{1}{B}{B} each player reveals their cards and choose one card of each color, then discards all other nonland cards
  • Persecute{2}{B}{B} choose a color, target player discards all cards of the chosen color.
  • Pox{B}{B}{B} each player loses 1/3 of their life, discards 1/3 of their cards, sacrifices 1/3 of their creatures and 1/3 of their lands. Round each loss up.
  • Sink into Takenuma{3}{B} return any number of swamps you control to their owner's hand, target player discards a card for each swamp returned this way.
  • Tyrranize{3}Template:BrTemplate:Br they discard their hand unless they pay 7 life.
  • Voices from the Void{4}{B} domain on caster's lands, their choice.
  • Wistful Thinking{3}{U} they draw two cards, then discard (up to) four cards, their choice.

Creatures which cause discard

Rats

Some rats cause discard to their opponents and mostly when they enter the battlefield, some rats force discard when combat damage occurs.

  • Earsplitting Rats{3}{B} - when this enters the battlefield, each player discards a card, their choice
  • Hellhole Rats{2}{B}{R} - when this enters the battlefield, target player discards a card, their choice
  • Nezumi Bone-Reader{1}{B} - {B}, sacrifice a creature, target player discards a card (activate this ability only any time you could play a sorcery), their choice
  • Nezumi Shortfang{1}{B} - {1}{B}, {T} target opponent discards a card, their choice, then if that player has no cards in hand, flip Nezumi Shortfang
  • Okiba-Gang Shinobi{3}{B}{B} - when this deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards, their choice
  • Ravenous Rats{1}{B} - when this enters the battlefield, target opponent discards a card, their choice
  • Rotting Rats{1}{B} - when this enters the battlefield, each player discards a card, their choice
  • Sanity Gnawers{1}{B}{R} - when this enters the battlefield, target player discards a card at random
  • Stronghold Rats{2}{B} - when this deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card, their choice

Specters

Specters are flying creatures and the most famous for causing opponents to discard when they aren't blocked.

Auras

Enchant Creature

The following auras enchanted on creatures cause opponents to discard when they aren't blocked.

Artifacts which cause discard

Equipment

  • Specter's Shroud{2} - Equip {1} - if a player is damaged by a creature equipped with this, their choice. The name Specter's Shroud is an homage to the numerous Specter creatures that cause discard if they attack and are unblocked.
  • Sword of Feast and Famine{3} - Equip {2} - if a player is damaged by a creature equipped with this, their choice.

Notes

In the above list; "their choice" means the target player gets to choose which cards to discard, "your choice" means the person casting the spell gets to choose.