Is sacrifice the same as dying in Magic The Gathering?
In the world of MTG, sacrificing a creature and it dying are similar but not the same! When you sacrifice a creature, you're choosing to send it from the battlefield to the graveyard, usually as a cost for an ability or the effect of another card. This is different from a creature dying, which happens when its toughness is reduced to 0 or it's destroyed by a spell or ability. The key difference? Some cards specifically trigger when a creature dies but won't trigger on a sacrifice, and vice versa.
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Nope, not the same! If your spell says 'When a creature dies' it won't trigger if you just sacrificed it for funsies.
Gotta say, as someone who's sacrificed more creatures than I can count in MTG, sacrificing is a strategy, not just an alternative word for dying. It's all about what triggers those abilities on your cards. Use it wisely!
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