Is sacrificing in the Azuki TCG like destroying your own minion in Hearthstone?
NoNo. Hearthstone has no separate sacrifice; destroying your own minion is just destroying it, and its Deathrattle fires. The Azuki TCG keeps sacrifice separate, with its own [When Sacrificed] trigger.
Sacrifice in the Azuki TCG
Sacrificing removes one of your own entities, usually as a cost; Gou the Iron Judge makes your opponent choose between sacrificing one of theirs and discarding 2. It is not destroying: [When Destroyed] doesn’t trigger, and [When Sacrificed] does. A Godmode card can’t be sacrificed, so a cost that needs it can’t be paid. Replacing an entity in a full row is not sacrificing it.
The same
- Both games let you pay with your own board for a bigger effect.
Different
- A Hearthstone minion you destroy triggers its Deathrattle. A sacrificed Azuki entity triggers [When Sacrificed], not [When Destroyed].
Hearthstone: checked against the Hearthstone Wiki. Azuki TCG: printed card text and the rules.
