Do all cards that have abilities to play another card trigger that unit's deploy ability?
I've noticed that in most cases when a unit has an ability to search for and play another unit that it triggers the deploy ability for that unit. I would like to know, are there exceptions to this rule?
Best Answer
The definition of the Deploy keyword is as follows
Deploy: Trigger this ability when the card is placed on the Board.
This means that as long as the card enters the board, whether it be from a spawn or card effect, it will trigger its deploy effect.
If an exception arises, it would likely be in the card text of the summoner.
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Answer 2
No (as of December 2018).
There are some cards that "Summon" another cards, for example Carantir Ar-Feiniel:
Which has this description:
Summon: Move automatically to he battlefield (not considered played)
So summoned cards won't have their Deploy ability activated.
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