Bad Penny
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Bad Penny • Shadows • Creature • Common • Destroyed: Return Bad Penny to your hand. • Artist: Nasrul Hakim • Card Number: CotA:296, AoA:267, WC:236, VM2024:208
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Official Rulings
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The Bad Penny goes back to your hand. “Destroyed:” effects happen immediately before a creature is destroyed, meaning that Bad Penny is back in its owner’s hand before the Yxilo Bolter can try to purge it with its reap effect. At that point, any pending effects waiting to resolve on Bad Penny no longer do. This is because Bad Penny is moving to an out-of-play zone in which the identity of cards is hidden from the opponent.Source: Rulebook
On my opponent’s turn they use their Yxilo Bolter (CoTA 204) to reap and choose to resolve its reap effect on my Bad Penny (CoTA 296). Is the Bad Penny purged or does it end up back in my hand?
The Bad Penny goes back to your hand. “Destroyed:” effects happen immediately before a creature is destroyed, meaning that Bad Penny is back in its owner’s hand before the Yxilo Bolter can try to purge it with its reap effect. At that point, any pending effects waiting to resolve on Bad Penny no longer do. This is because Bad Penny is moving to an out-of-play zone in which the identity of cards is hidden from the opponent.
Source: Rulebook
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Yes. Even though Bad Penny is returned to a different out-of-play zone before it can go to the discard pile, it is still considered to have been "destroyed" for the purposes of card effects.Source: Rulebook
If I have Tolas (CoTA 103) in my battleline and I use another creature to fight and destroy my opponent's Bad Penny (CoTA 296). Bad Penny’s “Destroyed:” ability returns Bad Penny to my opponent’s hand. Do I still gain 1
through the resolution of Tolas’ ability?
through the resolution of Tolas’ ability?Yes. Even though Bad Penny is returned to a different out-of-play zone before it can go to the discard pile, it is still considered to have been "destroyed" for the purposes of card effects.
Source: Rulebook
Commentary
If a card with a Destroyed: ability is directly purged, that Destroyed: ability will not resolve. For example, Oubliette is one of the few ways to cause a Bad Penny to leave play without it returning to its owner's hand.
Source: Crucible Cast #2
Related Cards
Bad Penny is featured in the flavor text of the following cards:
