Pitch spell

A pitch spell is any spell with rules text that allows it to be cast for an alternative cost which includes discarding or exiling ("pitching") at least one card from its owner's hand.^[1] Most of these spells require no mana if pitching was used, the main exception being the cycle from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.

Pitch spells were first printed in Alliances.^[2] Pitch spells are usually printed in cycles, with the exception of Snapback, the only pitch spell in Time Spiral.

List of pitch spell cycles

Set name	Description and notes
Alliances	The alternative cost for this cycle is exiling another card of the same color from the caster's hand. The alternative costs of Force of Will and Contagion require the payment of 1 life in addition to exiling a card of the pitch spell's color.	Scars of the Veteran	Force of Will	Contagion	Pyrokinesis	Bounty of the Hunt
Mercadian Masques	The alternative cost for this cycle is exiling another card of the same color from the caster's hand.^[3]	Reverent Mantra	Misdirection	Unmask	Cave-In	Vine Dryad
Prophecy	The alternative cost for this cycle is discarding a land card with a basic land type associated with its color. One of them, Foil , also requires discarding an additional card in addition to an Island.	Abolish	Foil	Outbreak	Flameshot	Snag
Betrayers of Kamigawa	Each of these X-spells has an alternative cost of exiling a card of the same color from the caster's hand. The value of X is determined by either the mana spent to hard cast the spell or the mana value of the card exiled to cast it using the alternative cost.	Shining Shoal	Disrupting Shoal	Sickening Shoal	Blazing Shoal	Nourishing Shoal
Coldsnap	The alternative cost for this cycle is exiling two other cards of the same color as the spell being cast from the caster's hand.^[4] Due to the alternative cost of pitching two cards rather than one, this cycle is sometimes referred to as the "super-pitch"^[5] or "double-pitch" cycle.^[4]	Sunscour	Commandeer	Soul Spike	Fury of the Horde	Allosaurus Rider
Modern Horizons	The alternative cost for this cycle is exiling another card of the same color from the caster's hand. Unlike pitch cards from Alliances, the alternative cost may only be used on another player's turn.	Force of Virtue	Force of Negation	Force of Despair	Force of Rage	Force of Vigor
Modern Horizons 2	The alternative cost for this cycle of five creatures with the Evoke ability is exiling another card of the same color from the caster's hand to pay the Evoke cost.	Solitude	Subtlety	Grief	Fury	Endurance
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty	This March cycle is unique in that it is phrased as an "additional cost", and the caster can supplement the X in the cost with mana. The caster may also exile multiple cards that match the spell's color to increase X. The result is that it has a minimum requirement of one colored mana.	March of Otherworldly Light	March of Swirling Mist	March of Wretched Sorrow	March of Reckless Joy	March of Burgeoning Life