Where {{Infobox/Archetype/Start | image name = Toll-TF05-JP-VG-artwork.png | image size = | image caption = Artwork of "[[Toll]]", an example of a card says that imposes a cost on players.}}{{Infobox/Archetype/ExtendedName | kanji = {{ruby|払|はら}}う | japanese = | furigana = | romaji = Harau | japanese translated = | english = pay | french = payer | german = bezahlen | italian = pagare | korean = 지불한다 (支拂 ??) ''Jibulhanda''|chinese=支付 ''Zhīfù / Zi1 fu6''|portuguese= pagar | spanish = pagar}}{{Infobox/Archetype/End}} To '''pay''' (Japanese: {{ruby|払|はら}}う ''Harau'') is to give up [[Life Point|LP]] for a [[card effect]] or [[cost]]. Typically, paying LP is a cost, although some cards involve [[Pays Life Points for effect|paying LP for an effect]]. A player cannot pay more LP than they have left. If paying LP is a requirement to activate a card or effect and the player cannot, that card or effect cannot be activated. If paying LP is part of a [[maintenance cost]] and the player cannot, that card is destroyed (even if the payment is mandatory).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |title=Individual Card Rulings [A-C] |publisher=UDE |at=Archfiends |accessdate=26 January 2015 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090217182013/http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/faqs/cardfaqs/default.aspx?first=A&last=C |archivedate=17 February 2009}}</ref> "[[Destructive Draw]]" is the only exception to this rule, which states in its [[card text]] that if its [[control]]ler cannot pay its maintenance cost, instead that player's Life Points become 0. In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game|OCG]]'Pay', a player can pay LP equal to their current LP.<ref>{{cite book |author=Konami |title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game - Perfect Rulebook 2015 |url=https://ygorganization.com/perfectrulebook/ |page=39}}</ref> As such, if a mandatory maintenance cost (such as that of "[[Terrorking Archfiend]]") requires the player to pay the exact amount of LP they have remaining, that cost must be paid and that player loses the Duel. "[[Spell Economics]]" allows the player to activate [[Spell Card]]s that indicates 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. ==See also==*[[Pays Life Points for cost]]*[[Pay Life Points for effect]] ==References==<references/> {{Gameplay}}[[Category:Gameplay]]
