"Killed" vs. "placed in the dead pile"

[Kralik]

Good, that's what I was thinking, but I wanted to make sure... Why did Decipher muddy the waters with adding "from play" to "discard"

[Anvar]

Believe it or not, I think they were trying to clear the waters!

In Magic, for example, discard always means from hand.

[CarpeGuitarrem]

Schroedinger's Ent...that's a good one.

[TheJord]

Maybe I missed something but Decipher also stated that the default meaning of "discard" was to discard from hand

[Elf_Lvr]

Uh... that's incorrect. The default meaning of discard is "from play." See Blood Runs Chill.

[TheJord]

Sorry typo I meant from play, I had just read the CRD to double check

[sgtdraino]

I suspect I know the answer to this, but let's see what you guys think:

Let's say I use Saved from the Fire and target a Wraith, to place that Wraith in the dead pile.

THEN I use Elessar's Edict, which states "If a Wraith is about to be killed, discard him and exhaust another Wraith instead."

Have I just prevented paying the cost for Saved from the Fire, and thus also prevented myself from using Saved from the Fire's effect? Or was the cost transformed from one thing to another thing?

[bibfortuna25]

Yes, you have prevented the cost, meaning SFTF wouldn't be able to pull any cards.