Is Azuki’s [When Destroyed] like a “dies” trigger in Magic?
PartlyPartly. “When this dies” in Magic means put into the graveyard from the battlefield, so it also fires when the creature is sacrificed. [When Destroyed] doesn’t fire on a sacrifice.
When Destroyed in the Azuki TCG
[When Destroyed] triggers when the entity is destroyed: by combat damage, by damage from a card effect, or by a destroy effect. Sacrificing it is not destroying it (that is [When Sacrificed]), and neither is replacing it in a full row, returning it to hand or putting it on the bottom of the deck.
The same
- Combat damage, damage from spells and destroy effects all trigger both.
- Exile, bounce and similar removal trigger neither.
Different
- Sacrifice counts as dying in Magic. In the Azuki TCG it is a different event with its own trigger, [When Sacrificed].
Magic: The Gathering: checked against the Magic Comprehensive Rules. Azuki TCG: printed card text and the rules.
