Serum Raker

Blue Discard Experiment

Was WotC testing discard in blue during the original Zendikar-Innistrad period? There are two cards from Zendika block (Trapfinder's trick, jace the mind sculptor's ultimate), three from Scars block (Jin-Gitaxias, Mindculling, Serum Raker) and one from innistrad (Frightful Delusions). I just find it interesting that all these cards were printed so close to each other since that's not supposed to be a blue effect.

Yeah, we were experimenting with letting blue have a little discard.

Blue Card Printing Discard Innistrad Mindculling Serum Raker Trapfinder's Trick Wizards of the Coast Zendikar

Blue Discard Mechanism

Blue recently got Frightful Delusion in Innistrad, Mindculling in New Phyrexia, and Serum Raker in Mirrodin Besieged. So is discard secondary in blue now? Cuz that's a lot of blue discard at common and uncommon.

Discard is secondary at blue but there’s a pretty big gap between primary and secondary in discard.

Blue Discard Frightful Delusion Innistrad Mindculling Mirrodin New Phyrexia Primary Secondary Serum Raker Uncommons

Discard Mechanic Hierarchy

With recent cards like Frightful Delusion, Mindculling and Serum Raker, is discard now secondary in blue?

By R&D’s current definitions, I’d say discard is primary in black and tertiary in blue. There is no color secondary in the ability.

Black Blue Colors Discard Frightful Delusion Mindculling Primary Secondary Serum Raker Tertiary

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