Is the Azuki Alley like the bench in Runeterra?
PartlyPartly. Runeterra units sit on the bench between fights and step onto the battlefield to attack or block. Spells hit benched units freely. The Azuki Alley is a separate row that attacks and most effects can’t reach.
The Alley in the Azuki TCG
The Alley is your back row, holding up to five entities. Attacks and effects can’t reach it unless a card says so, like Stormcaller Tenkichi or Killing Mist. Alley entities don’t attack; once a turn your Gate portals one into the Garden, where it has cooldown.
The same
- Both are a row of units that aren’t fighting right now.
Different
- Every Runeterra unit lives on the bench. Azuki entities sit in the Garden (fighting) or the Alley (waiting), and only the Gate or a card moves them forward.
- Runeterra spells target benched units normally. Alley entities are untargetable unless a card says otherwise.
Legends of Runeterra: checked against the Riot: Legends of Runeterra keywords. Azuki TCG: printed card text and the rules.
