Discard

Discard
Artwork of "Card Destruction", depicting cards being discarded Artwork of "Card Destruction", depicting cards being discarded
Japanese	捨（す）てる
Japanese (ruby)	すてる
Japanese (base text)	捨てる
Japanese (romanized)	Suteru
English	discard
Other names French: défausser German: abwerfen Italian: scartare Korean: 버리다 Beorida Portuguese: descartar Spanish: descartar Traditional Chinese: 棄 Qì / Hei3

Discarding (Japanese: 捨（す）てる Suteru) is a form of removing cards from the hand.

Cards can be discarded in one of two ways:

1. During the turn player's End Phase due to hand size limit.
2. By card that specifically uses this term (as a cost, effect, or as part of a Summoning condition).

It is possible to discard multiple cards at once. For example, "Card Destruction" discards multiple cards at once, but is still considered a single discard (for the purposes of cards such as "Blessings of the Nile").

Although discarded cards are sent to the Graveyard by default, the term "discard" does not specify where those cards are sent to. Even if those cards are not sent to the Graveyard, they are still considered to be discarded. For example, even while the effect of "Macro Cosmos" is being applied, a player can discard 1 card to activate "Magic Jammer" as usual. That card will just be banished instead.

Only effects that specifically have the term "discard" stated in their texts involve discarding. The effects of cards such as "Hand Destruction", "Chain Destruction", "Polymerization" and "Black Illusion Ritual" send cards from the hand to the Graveyard, but they do not discard cards.

The "Dark World" and "Fabled" archetypes revolve around discarding.