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Does discarding a card because of damage count as taking damage?
The designer confirmed that discarding is not damage, and separately described how the two damage-trigger wordings differ.
- tanis · Designer · 2023-03-30
- jujulautre · Community · 2023-03-29
- Mayaheine · Community · 2023-03-29
- tanis · Designer · 2024-08-26
No. A discard is not damage, so an effect that checks for damage taken does not count a discard alone. 'After you take damage' effects fire only after damage is actually taken, while 'when you would take damage' effects also fire when the damage is redirected or ignored.