Question 1

Is Azuki’s Displace like Sap in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Sap sends an enemy minion back to its owner’s hand so they have to pay mana for it again. Displace sends an enemy Garden entity to its owner’s Alley on the board, where portaling is free but capped at one entity per turn.

Question 2

Is Azuki’s Bloodlust like Bloodlust in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. Same name, completely different card: Hearthstone’s Bloodlust is a 5-mana Shaman spell that gives your whole board +3 Attack this turn, whereas Azuki’s Bloodlust is an entity keyword worth +1 attack when targeting a leader.

Question 3

Is Azuki’s Sealed IKZ like Overload in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. Both let you play an undercosted card this turn by locking mana or IKZ through your next turn’s refresh.

Question 4

Are Azuki’s dual-element Leaders like Tourist or dual-class decks in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Both let you mix removal from one class or element with weapons or threats from another, though Hearthstone’s Tourist mechanic (from Perils in Paradise, now in Wild) unlocks only one expansion’s cards from a fixed partner class while a dual-element Leader unlocks every Lightning and Water card across all sets.

Question 5

Is Killing Mist’s disable like Silence in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. Silence wipes stat buffs and thaws Freeze on a Hearthstone minion, whereas Killing Mist leaves stat modifiers and negative statuses intact while disabling the entity’s printed and already-granted abilities.

Question 6

Is Azuki’s Frozen like Freeze in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Both cost the target its next attack. Hearthstone’s Freeze does only that: a Frozen minion still takes damage and keeps its text. An Azuki Frozen entity also can’t be damaged and loses its abilities while frozen.

Question 7

Is Azuki’s Shocked like Freeze in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Partly. 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.

Question 8

Is Azuki’s Rooted like Freeze in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. Rooted is closer to Hearthstone’s Freeze than Azuki’s own Frozen is: the card can’t attack on its next turn, keeps its text and still takes damage.

Question 9

Is Azuki’s Godmode like Immune in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. Immune stops damage and enemy targeting. A Godmode entity is the opposite: it can be targeted and it does take damage, it just never leaves the field.

Question 10

Is Azuki’s Carapace like Armor in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. Armor is a pool of extra health on your hero that soaks damage until it’s used up. Carapace never runs out; it takes the same amount off every hit.

Question 11

Is Azuki’s Carapace like Divine Shield in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. Divine Shield blocks the first damage completely, then pops. Carapace takes a fixed amount off every hit and never pops.

Question 12

Is Azuki’s Charge like Charge in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. Both let a unit attack right away, the enemy hero or leader included. The Azuki version also matters when an entity comes from your Alley through the Gate, and its targets are limited to the leader and tapped entities.

Question 13

Is Azuki’s Charge like Rush in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Rush lets a minion attack other minions on the turn it’s played, but not the hero. Azuki Charge can attack the leader right away.

Question 14

Is Azuki’s cooldown like Hearthstone minions not attacking the turn they’re played?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Like Hearthstone minions, Azuki entities can’t attack on the turn they arrive unless they have Charge. The difference is the Alley: an entity portaled from it into the Garden also waits a turn.

Question 15

Is Azuki’s Defender like Taunt in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 16

Is Azuki’s Taunt like Taunt in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. Same idea: enemies must attack the Taunt card before your hero or leader. The Azuki catch is that Taunt only works while the entity is tapped.

Question 17

Is an Azuki Response like a Secret in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Secrets are cast on your own turn and trigger automatically later. Responses are chosen on the spot, when you see the attack.

Question 18

Is Azuki’s [On Play] like Battlecry in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. 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.

Question 19

Is Azuki’s [When Destroyed] like Deathrattle in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. Both trigger when the unit dies to damage or a destroy effect, and both are switched off by Silence or Killing Mist’s disable. The difference is sacrifice: Hearthstone has none, while the Azuki TCG keeps it separate and [When Destroyed] doesn’t trigger.

Question 20

Is sacrificing in the Azuki TCG like destroying your own minion in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. 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.

Question 21

Are Azuki weapons like Hearthstone weapons?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Hearthstone weapons go on your hero and last for their Durability, one at a time. Azuki weapons can go on your leader or any Garden entity, stack up, and all leave at the end of the turn.

Question 22

Is IKZ like mana crystals in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. IKZ grows like mana crystals: one a turn, up to 10, refilled each turn. The difference is your opponent’s turn: unspent IKZ pays for Responses there.

Question 23

Is the IKZ token like The Coin in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Mostly. Both give the player going second one extra mana, once, whenever they like. The Coin is a card in your hand; the IKZ token isn’t a card and doesn’t count as playing one.

Question 24

Is the Azuki Gate like a Hero Power in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

Partly. Both are a once-a-turn ability every deck brings. A Hero Power usually costs 2 mana and needs nothing else; the Gate is free but needs an entity in your Alley to move forward.

Question 25

Can you attack any minion in the Azuki TCG, like in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. In Hearthstone you can attack any enemy minion or the hero. In the Azuki TCG only the leader and tapped Garden entities are targets, unless a card says otherwise.

Question 26

Does damage stay on Azuki entities, like on Hearthstone minions?

Accepted Answer

No. A damaged Hearthstone minion stays damaged until healed. An Azuki entity is back to full health at the end of every turn.

Question 27

Does the Azuki TCG have Fatigue like Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. An empty deck in Hearthstone deals growing Fatigue damage to your hero. In the Azuki TCG you lose the moment you have to draw from an empty deck.

Question 28

Is the Azuki mulligan like the Hearthstone mulligan?

Accepted Answer

No. Hearthstone lets you pick which of your starting cards to replace. The Azuki mulligan is all or nothing: keep all seven or redraw all seven.

Question 29

Is Lighthouse Keeper’s damage immunity like Elusive in Hearthstone?

Accepted Answer

No. Elusive means a minion can’t be targeted by spells or Hero Powers. An Azuki entity that can’t take effect damage can be targeted by anything; damage from card effects simply does nothing to it.

Azuki TCG	Hearthstone	Answer
Displace	Sap	Partly Sap sends an enemy minion back to its owner’s hand so they have to pay mana for it again. Displace sends an enemy Garden entity to its owner’s Alley on the board, where portaling is free but capped at one entity per turn.
Bloodlust	Bloodlust	No Same name, completely different card: Hearthstone’s Bloodlust is a 5-mana Shaman spell that gives your whole board +3 Attack this turn, whereas Azuki’s Bloodlust is an entity keyword worth +1 attack when targeting a leader.
Sealed	Overload	Mostly Both let you play an undercosted card this turn by locking mana or IKZ through your next turn’s refresh.
Dual-element Leaders	Dual-class Tourist decks	Partly Both let you mix removal from one class or element with weapons or threats from another, though Hearthstone’s Tourist mechanic (from Perils in Paradise, now in Wild) unlocks only one expansion’s cards from a fixed partner class while a dual-element Leader unlocks every Lightning and Water card across all sets.
Effects disabled	Silence	No Silence wipes stat buffs and thaws Freeze on a Hearthstone minion, whereas Killing Mist leaves stat modifiers and negative statuses intact while disabling the entity’s printed and already-granted abilities.
Frozen	Freeze	Partly Both cost the target its next attack. Hearthstone’s Freeze does only that: a Frozen minion still takes damage and keeps its text. An Azuki Frozen entity also can’t be damaged and loses its abilities while frozen.
Shocked	Freeze	Partly 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.
Rooted	Freeze	Mostly Rooted is closer to Hearthstone’s Freeze than Azuki’s own Frozen is: the card can’t attack on its next turn, keeps its text and still takes damage.
Godmode	Immune	No Immune stops damage and enemy targeting. A Godmode entity is the opposite: it can be targeted and it does take damage, it just never leaves the field.
Carapace	Armor	No Armor is a pool of extra health on your hero that soaks damage until it’s used up. Carapace never runs out; it takes the same amount off every hit.
Carapace	Divine Shield	No Divine Shield blocks the first damage completely, then pops. Carapace takes a fixed amount off every hit and never pops.
Charge	Charge	Mostly Both let a unit attack right away, the enemy hero or leader included. The Azuki version also matters when an entity comes from your Alley through the Gate, and its targets are limited to the leader and tapped entities.
Charge	Rush	Partly Rush lets a minion attack other minions on the turn it’s played, but not the hero. Azuki Charge can attack the leader right away.
Cooldown	Minions can’t attack the turn they’re played	Yes Like Hearthstone minions, Azuki entities can’t attack on the turn they arrive unless they have Charge. The difference is the Alley: an entity portaled from it into the Garden also waits a turn.
Defender	Taunt	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.
Taunt	Taunt	Mostly Same idea: enemies must attack the Taunt card before your hero or leader. The Azuki catch is that Taunt only works while the entity is tapped.
Response	Secrets	Partly Secrets are cast on your own turn and trigger automatically later. Responses are chosen on the spot, when you see the attack.
On Play	Battlecry	Mostly 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.
When Destroyed	Deathrattle	Mostly Both trigger when the unit dies to damage or a destroy effect, and both are switched off by Silence or Killing Mist’s disable. The difference is sacrifice: Hearthstone has none, while the Azuki TCG keeps it separate and [When Destroyed] doesn’t trigger.
Sacrifice	Destroying your own minion	No 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.
Weapons	Weapons	Partly Hearthstone weapons go on your hero and last for their Durability, one at a time. Azuki weapons can go on your leader or any Garden entity, stack up, and all leave at the end of the turn.
IKZ	Mana crystals	Mostly IKZ grows like mana crystals: one a turn, up to 10, refilled each turn. The difference is your opponent’s turn: unspent IKZ pays for Responses there.
IKZ token	The Coin	Mostly Both give the player going second one extra mana, once, whenever they like. The Coin is a card in your hand; the IKZ token isn’t a card and doesn’t count as playing one.
The Gate	Hero Power	Partly Both are a once-a-turn ability every deck brings. A Hero Power usually costs 2 mana and needs nothing else; the Gate is free but needs an entity in your Alley to move forward.
Attacking tapped entities	Attacking any minion	No In Hearthstone you can attack any enemy minion or the hero. In the Azuki TCG only the leader and tapped Garden entities are targets, unless a card says otherwise.
Damage resets each turn	Damage stays on minions	No A damaged Hearthstone minion stays damaged until healed. An Azuki entity is back to full health at the end of every turn.
Decking out	Fatigue	No An empty deck in Hearthstone deals growing Fatigue damage to your hero. In the Azuki TCG you lose the moment you have to draw from an empty deck.
Mulligan	Mulligan	No Hearthstone lets you pick which of your starting cards to replace. The Azuki mulligan is all or nothing: keep all seven or redraw all seven.
Can’t take damage from card effects	Elusive	No Elusive means a minion can’t be targeted by spells or Hero Powers. An Azuki entity that can’t take effect damage can be targeted by anything; damage from card effects simply does nothing to it.

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