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Dominion => Dominion General Discussion => Topic started by: ksparg on March 18, 2020, 09:49:59 am
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Sleigh's text says "Gain 2 Horses." Its reaction text says, "When you gain a card, you may discard this, to put that card into your hand or onto your deck."
My question: Since the reaction text does not specify discarding "from your hand" or "from play," are both situations included in its ability?
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No, "Discard" always means "from hand" by default, unless otherwise specified.
See Warehouse (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Warehouse) for a simple example; it says "Discard 3 cards." You must discard those 3 cards from your hand.
*Edit for clarity*.. the instruction to discard a card, whether "discard this" or "discard x cards", must be from hand. But Tunnel and Village Green have "when you discard this" and that usage of "discard" applies to discarding from anywhere, not only discarding from hand.
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Makes sense. Thank you!
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We had a long discussion about exactly this when it comes to Beggar. (http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=7307.0)
Beggar was actually unique in that it's the only card that lets you discard itself, which is not necessarily exactly the same as telling you to discard a card. Now with Sleigh we have two of these.
Late edit: Market Square also does this, but unlike Beggar and Sleigh, says "from your hand".