Defender vs other games
When an opposing attack is declared and Responses are done, you may tap one untapped Defender in your Garden to make it the attack’s new target. It’s your choice, made after you see the attack. Cooldown doesn’t stop it; Infiltrate does.
Is it like…
Blocker in One Piece TCGYes
Yes. Defender is the Azuki TCG’s Blocker: after an attack is declared, rest (tap) it to become the attack’s new target. The order differs: One Piece blocks before counters, Azuki plays Responses before Defender.
What’s the same and what’s differentTaunt in HearthstonePartly
Partly. Taunt forces the attacker to pick it before attacking. Defender lets the defending player move an attack onto it after it’s declared. The Azuki TCG has a separate Taunt too.
What’s the same and what’s differentDefender in Magic: The GatheringNo
No. Same word, different job. Magic’s Defender means the creature can’t attack. Azuki’s Defender is a way to block: tap it to make it the target of an attack.
What’s the same and what’s differentBlocking in Legends of RuneterraPartly
Partly. Any Runeterra unit can block an attacker in front of it. Only Azuki entities with Defender can take an attack, and doing so taps them.
What’s the same and what’s differentBodyguard in Disney LorcanaPartly
Partly. Bodyguard forces challengers to choose it, like Hearthstone’s Taunt, and it may enter play exerted to be challengeable. Defender is the defending player’s choice after the attack is declared.
What’s the same and what’s different
