Is the Azuki Alley like the Bench in Pokémon?
MostlyMostly. Like the Bench, the Alley holds up to five units that wait safely and can’t attack. The big difference is the front: Pokémon has one Active Pokémon, the Azuki Garden holds five entities.
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
- Up to five waiting units that don’t attack and are mostly out of reach.
- Only cards that say so can hit them: Bench-damage attacks in Pokémon, Stormcaller Tenkichi or Killing Mist in the Azuki TCG.
Different
- Pokémon has one Active Pokémon. The Azuki Garden holds up to five entities that all fight.
- Pokémon swap by retreating or switching. Azuki entities move forward through the Gate once a turn, and the Gate’s effect triggers when they do.
- Some Azuki entities do things from the Alley, with [In Alley Only Ability], like Black Jade Decoy.
Pokémon TCG: checked against the Pokémon TCG rulebook. Azuki TCG: printed card text and the rules.
