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'''Hardcast''' (or '''Paying Retail''') is [[Magic: The Gathering]] jargon used to describe the playing of a spell for its actual mana cost. This is opposed to using a different method of casting the spell or putting a permanent into play. For example, playing <c>Force of Will</c> by paying {{3}}{{U}}{{U}} for it is called hardcasting, while playing it by paying 1 life and [[exile|exiling]] a blue card is called [[Pitch card|pitching]].
'''Hardcast''' (or '''Paying Retail''') is [[Magic: The Gathering]] jargon used to describe the playing of a spell by paying its [[mana cost]]. It is usually used when a spell has an [[alternative cost]], or a permanent could be put into play by a means other than casting it. For example, playing <c>Force of Will</c> by paying {{3}}{{U}}{{U}} is hardcasting it, while playing it by paying 1 life and [[exile|exiling]] ([[Pitch spell|pitching]]) a blue card is using the alternate cost.


The capability or act of hardcasting may describe multiple things, such as the possibility of producing large quantities of mana over the course of a game, the ability to do so quickly, the lack of other means to put a card into play either because the deck doesn't have them or the player didn't draw them, or simply an exclamation of the length of a specific game.
See also: [[Free spell]]


The inability of some decks, such as [[Reanimator]], [[Extended Tooth and Nail deck|Tooth and Nail]], [[Extended Hypergenesis deck|Hypergenesis]] or decks based on <c>Sneak Attack</c>, to hardcast a portion of its spells may be an exploitable weakness, as the creatures they want to put into play are [[dead card]]s without the respective enablers.
The inability of some decks to hardcast a portion of their spells ([[Reanimator]], [[Extended Tooth and Nail deck|Tooth and Nail]], [[Extended Hypergenesis deck|Hypergenesis]], or decks based on <c>Sneak Attack</c>) may be an exploitable weakness, as the creatures they want to put into play are [[dead card]]s without the respective enablers.


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Revision as of 15:49, 11 January 2021

Hardcast (or Paying Retail) is Magic: The Gathering jargon used to describe the playing of a spell by paying its mana cost. It is usually used when a spell has an alternative cost, or a permanent could be put into play by a means other than casting it. For example, playing Force of Will by paying {3}{U}{U} is hardcasting it, while playing it by paying 1 life and exiling (pitching) a blue card is using the alternate cost.

See also: Free spell

The inability of some decks to hardcast a portion of their spells (Reanimator, Tooth and Nail, Hypergenesis, or decks based on Sneak Attack) may be an exploitable weakness, as the creatures they want to put into play are dead cards without the respective enablers.

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