Play, Put into Play

Playing a card involves paying the card’s cost and placing the card in the play area. This causes the card to enter play (or, in the case of an event card, to resolve its ability and be placed in the discard pile). Cards are played from a player’s hand.

Some abilities cause cards to be put into play. This bypasses the need to pay the card’s cost as well as any restrictions or prohibitions regarding playing that card. A card that is put into play enters play in its controller’s play area.

Cards with the text “[type] form only” can only be played or put into play by a player whose identity is in the specified form.
When an event card is played, place it on the table, resolve its ability, and place the card in its owner’s discard pile.
A card that is put into play is not considered to have been played.
When a card is put into play, its resource cost is ignored.
Unless otherwise stated by the “put into play” effect, cards that are put into play must do so in a play area or state that matches the rules of playing the card.