Let’s talk about Anafenza, the Foremost‘s second ability. “If a creature card would be put into an opponent’s graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.” That means Anafenza doesn’t exile all creatures, only those that are creature cards. This leaves creature tokens saying, “What about us?”

Well what about them? A creature token is not actually considered a card, even if it is represented by a card with a Magic back, or came from a Magic booster. The creature tokens will still go to the graveyard like normal before ceasing to exist. This will still cause triggered abilities that require the death of a creature to trigger, which won’t trigger for any creature cards that get exiled as part of Anafenza’s ability.

Today’s Rules Tip written by Angela Schabauer