For Traveling Merchant, can you still draw a card if you have no cards in hand to discard?

Ruling: Yes, you can still draw even if you cannot discard. The effect does not require you to successfully discard in order to draw.

Sequence:

• Attempt to discard a card (if you have one)
• Then draw a card (regardless of whether you discarded)

Nuances:

• The card does not use "discard TO draw" templating, which would make the discard a requirement
• Effects are performed in the order written, but one is not a prerequisite for the other unless explicitly stated with "to" language