Is Azuki’s Shocked like Freeze in Hearthstone?

PartlyPartly. Both cost the target its next attack. Freeze works on any minion or hero. Shocked keeps an already tapped card tapped, which in the Azuki TCG also keeps it open to attack and stops Defender.

Shocked in the Azuki TCG

A Shocked card does not untap during its next untap phase. On a tapped card that means a lost turn: it can’t attack, can’t use Defender (which needs it untapped), and as a tapped Garden entity it can still be attacked. Denmu shocks whatever attacks it.

The same

  • Both cost one attack, then wear off.

Different

  • Freeze needs no setup. Shocked does nothing to a card that stays untapped, since it only skips an untap.
  • A Shocked entity stays tapped, so it stays attackable and can’t use Defender. A Frozen Hearthstone minion is attackable as normal and keeps Taunt.

Hearthstone: checked against the Hearthstone Wiki: Freeze. Azuki TCG: printed card text and the rules.

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