Forum:Dark World - Costs

So I am running a Dark World/Assault Mode Combo deck and I was just wondering about some rulings pertaining to Dark World Monsters. I blame it on me being unclear about what exactly constitutes a cost vs. just discarding. I'm mostly confused about cards like Lightning Vortex that says "Discard 1 card. Destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls." It was my understanding that costs would say something to the effect of "discard blah IN ORDER TO blah." Lightning vortex has the two sentences separated like they are separate actions and makes it sound like a Dark World Monster should be special summoned. Explanation please? :( Louie A. 01:47, January 18, 2010 (UTC)

Cousin's boyfriend asking lol