Discard: Difference between revisions

From MTG Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
>LegacymtgsalvationUser1033
>LegacymtgsalvationUser1033
Line 17: Line 17:
*<c>Blackmail</c> - {{B}} they reveal three cards, you choose one and that card is discarded.
*<c>Blackmail</c> - {{B}} they reveal three cards, you choose one and that card is discarded.
*<c>Brain Pry</c> - {{1}}{{B}} name a nonland card, if its in that player's hand they discard a card with that name. If they can't, you draw a card.
*<c>Brain Pry</c> - {{1}}{{B}} name a nonland card, if its in that player's hand they discard a card with that name. If they can't, you draw a card.
*<c>Coercion</c> - {{2}}{{B}} your choice
*<c>Cry of Contrition</c> - {{B}} their choice {{-}} Cry of Contrition has [[haunt]], when the creature it haunts is put into a graveyard, target player discards a card.
*<c>Distress</c> - {{B}}{{B}} nonland card of your choice
*<c>Duress</c> - {{B}} nonland-noncreature card of their choice
*<c>Encroach</c> - {{B}} nonbasic land of your choice
*<c>Flay</c> - {{3}}{{B}} randomly {{-}} unless they pay {{1}}, they discard another card randomly
====Two cards====
====Two cards====
*<c>Bog Down</c> - {{2}}{{B}} their choice {{-}} If [[kicker]] cost of sacrificing a land is paid then they discard three cards instead.
*<c>Bog Down</c> - {{2}}{{B}} their choice {{-}} If [[kicker]] cost of sacrificing a land is paid then they discard three cards instead.
*<c>Chain of Smog</c> - {{1}}{{B}} their choice {{-}} that player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
*<c>Extortion</c> - {{3}}{{B}}{{B}} your choice
*<c>Fill with Fright</c> - {{3}}{{B}} their choice {{-}} [[Scry]] 2
====Three cards====
*<c>Delirium Skeins</c> - {{2}}{{B}} each player
*<c>Fugure</c> - {{3}}{{B}}{{B}} their choice
====Variable cards====
====Variable cards====
*<c>Cabal Therapy</c> - {{B}} name a nonland card, target player discards all cards with that name. Also has [[flashback]] (sacrifice a creature).
*<c>Cabal Therapy</c> - {{B}} name a nonland card, target player discards all cards with that name. Also has [[flashback]] (sacrifice a creature).
*<c>Cabal Conditioning</c> - {{6}}{{B}} any number of players each discards cards from their hand equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.
*<c>Cabal Conditioning</c> - {{6}}{{B}} any number of players each discards cards from their hand equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control.
*<c>Death Cloud</c> - {{X}}{{B}}{{B}}{{B}} each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures and X lands.
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.

Revision as of 00:32, 17 April 2008

Discard is a mechanic which takes cards from a player's hand and puts them in their library. 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 creature type Spectres are famous for causing players to discard cards when they are unblocked.

From the ()


List of discard spells

Instants

One card

Two cards

  • Haunting Hymn - {B} their choice — If played during your main phase, then they discard four cards.

Sorceries

One card

  • Blackmail - {B} they reveal three cards, you choose one and that card is discarded.
  • Brain Pry - {1}{B} name a nonland card, if its in that player's hand they discard a card with that name. If they can't, you draw a card.
  • Coercion - {2}{B} your choice
  • Cry of Contrition - {B} their choice — Cry of Contrition has haunt, when the creature it haunts is put into a graveyard, target player discards a card.
  • Distress - {B}{B} nonland card of your choice
  • Duress - {B} nonland-noncreature card of their choice
  • Encroach - {B} nonbasic land of your choice
  • Flay - {3}{B} randomly — unless they pay {1}, they discard another card randomly

Two cards

  • Bog Down - {2}{B} their choice — If kicker cost of sacrificing a land is paid then they discard three cards instead.
  • Chain of Smog - {1}{B} their choice — that player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
  • Extortion - {3}{B}{B} your choice
  • Fill with Fright - {3}{B} their choice — Scry 2

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.

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.