Difference between revisions of "Pay"

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Where a card says '''pay''', that indicates a [[cost]] (except for "[[Gishki Photomirror]]"). "[[Imperial Order]]" is a good example of this.
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To '''pay''' is to give up [[Life Point]]s for a [[card effect]]. In most cases, paying Life Points is a [[cost]]; however, there are several cards which cause a player to [[Pays Life Points for effect|pay Life Points for an effect]], such as "[[Gishki Photomirror]]".
  
However, with [[Spell Card]]s that require you to pay in [[Life Points]] (e.g. "[[Dimension Fusion]]", "[[Brain Control]]", "[[Premature Burial]]", "[[Final Countdown]]", etc.), this can be bypassed with "[[Spell Economics]]".
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"[[Spell Economics]]" allows the player to activate [[Spell Card]]s that normally require Life Points to be [[Pays Life Points for cost|paid as a cost]], such as "[[Dimension Fusion]]" and "[[Brain Control]]", without paying those Life Points.
  
The Life Points paid for card effects don't count as [[damage]] inflicted to the Player or taken by the Player. For example, if you activate "[[Rainbow Life]]" and then pay 4000 Life Points for "[[Wall of Revealing Light]]", you won't regain the Life Points because they aren't damage but the cost to play "Wall of Revealing Light".
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Paying Life Points is distinct from taking [[damage]]. Whereas if a player takes damage that reduces their Life Points to 0 they lose the duel, if a paying Life Points for a cost would reduce their Life Points to 0, they instead cannot perform the action that requires that cost.
  
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Revision as of 14:49, 28 August 2013

To pay is to give up Life Points for a card effect. In most cases, paying Life Points is a cost; however, there are several cards which cause a player to pay Life Points for an effect, such as "Gishki Photomirror".

"Spell Economics" allows the player to activate Spell Cards that normally require Life Points to be paid as a cost, such as "Dimension Fusion" and "Brain Control", without paying those Life Points.

Paying Life Points is distinct from taking damage. Whereas if a player takes damage that reduces their Life Points to 0 they lose the duel, if a paying Life Points for a cost would reduce their Life Points to 0, they instead cannot perform the action that requires that cost.