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Dragon's Death Door
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Dragon's Death Door

Castable only by dragons. Cast at any time to save a dragon champion from going to the discard pile for any reason, or to send it to the discard pile instead of the Abyss. (Def)

This is an old and copyrighted card, and it is restricted to use in the New Spellfire Game or official tournaments.

Properties

Type
Wizard Spell card type
Rarity
Common
World
AD&D
Edition
Draconomicon
Level
1
Phases
1/2/3/4/5/6

Copyrights:
TSR
Wizards of the Coast

Extended description

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This wizard spell is castable only by champions able to cast wizard spells and designated as dragons either in the text box, champion name or if they have been blueline ruled. Also by using Talisman of the Beast [DR-75] a non-dragon champion may cast this spell as well. Cast this spell at any time to save a dragon champion from going to the discard pile for any reason, such as battle, a spell, etc. If the dragon is sent to the Abyss by such cards as Mind Killer [TU-56] this spell can keep them from going to the Abyss, sending them to the discard pile instead. Note that the champion is not discarded but is kept from going to the discard pile.

This becomes important for such events as discarding champions to bring out an avatar - like Bahamut, God of Good Dragons [DR-45] who can only be brought out if two spellcasting dragons are discarded. Since this spell prevents the dragon from being discarded it cannot be used in conjunction with an avatar to bring out the avatar and save a dragon. Also any cards attached to the dragon are saved as well since he was never discarded. So cards that work upon being discarded will not activate until they are actually discarded. Finally the caster cannot be the dragon being discarded, it must be another dragon caster because the dragon being discarded is considered out of play since he is "going" to the discard pile.

Allies cannot be saved in this manner since the card does state champions. To make sure this spell will have any effect a player must have two dragon casters in their pool at all times that they have the spell, he should not hold any dragons in his hand for protection or otherwise he will find one of his dragons being discarded without any one to cast the spell. This is especially true since it only saves dragons in play, not ones being discarded from the hand or deck. Also a player should consider attacking more with this card in their hand since even a lost battle generally will not end up in giving the opponent a spoils (since the attacking champion isn't likely to be discarded.)

This spell may be cast by a dragon that is losing in combat. If the spell is used to prevent a defeated attacking dragon from being discarded, the defender does not receive spoils of victory.

This spell prevents a dragon champion in play from being discarded. It does not prevent a dragon champion from being discarded from the hand (such as through the use of Hettman Tsurin).