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409. Discard

409.1. Discarding a card is moving it from a player's hand directly into their trash without activating or executing its normal rules text.

409.1.a. The player who is performing the action chooses which cards to send to their Trash , and may use Private Information to do so.
409.1.b. “When I am discarded” abilities or other Triggered Abilities that trigger on discarding are executed after discarding has occurred.

409.2. Discarding is a Limited Action.

409.2.a. A player must Discard cards when instructed to do so by game effects or costs.

409.3. When Discarding is listed as a Cost , then the Action must be able to be completed for the cost to be paid. Example: A card has the ability "Discard 2: Deal 2 damage to a unit at a battlefield." To activate the ability, the card's controller must have at least 2 cards in hand and must be able to discard them.

409.4. When Discarding is part of an effect, then a player must Discard as many cards as possible from their hand. If instructed to discard more cards than they have in their hand, further discard instructions are ignored. Example: Undercover Agent has the ability "[Deathknell] — Discard 2, then draw 2. (When I die, get the effect.)" If Undercover Agent's controller has 2 or more cards in hand, they must discard 2. If they have 1 card in hand, they discard 1, and the rest of the discard instruction is ignored. If they have no cards in hand, the entire discard instruction is ignored. Regardless of how many cards they discard, they then draw 2.

409.5. This action is formatted as "Discard X."

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