Is Azuki’s [On Play] like Battlecry in Hearthstone?
MostlyMostly. Like a Battlecry, [On Play] happens when the card is played. Cards that are only moved around don’t trigger it. Unlike a Battlecry, an effect that plays an Azuki card from the deck does trigger it.
On Play in the Azuki TCG
[On Play] effects happen when the card is played: from your hand, or from your deck when an effect such as Skyreach Gate plays it. Bringing an entity through the Gate doesn’t trigger it again, and neither does any other move between zones. The card is already on the field when its own effect resolves.
The same
- Playing the card triggers it; moving it doesn’t.
- It resolves with the card already on the board.
Different
- Azuki cards played from the deck by an effect (Skyreach Gate, Stormlink Beads) still trigger [On Play]; Lightning Chakram and Overcharge Shiv even ask for it.
- Moving an Azuki entity from the Alley to the Garden through the Gate doesn’t trigger its [On Play] again. Hearthstone has no second row to move between.
Hearthstone: checked against the Hearthstone Wiki: Battlecry. Azuki TCG: printed card text and the rules.
