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Deletion (消滅 Shōmetsu, Translated: Kill/Terminated?) is an action that can be performed by losing a battle, being reduced to 0 DP, and card effects. It involves sending a Digimon Instance and all of its digivolution cards to the Trash.

What is Deletion?[]

Digimon are considered deleted from the Battle Area only. Deletion only affects Digimon Instances and not Digimon cards.

What causes Deletion?[]

  • Game Rules: If a Digimon has 0 DP it will be deleted during the Rules Processing step.
  • Card Effect: If an effect explicitly has "delete" in its card text, a Digimon will be deleted.
  • By Battle: If a Digimon loses a battle against a Security Digimon or another Digimon that Digimon is deleted.

Rulings[]

  1. Q: Is it possible for a Digimon's DP to be negative?
    A: No, zero is the minimum. A Digimon with a DP of zero is deleted.
  2. Q: Do effects with [On Play], [When Digivolving], [On Deletion], [When Attacking] have to resolve at the timing specified? For example, if I have an effect with [On Deletion], am I required to activate it when the Digimon is deleted?
    A: Yes, whenever possible. However, if the effect has "can" in its text, you can choose whether or not to activate it. Effects that read "you may" (or "do <X> to do <Y>") are optional, and can be chosen not to be activated.
  3. Q: Do [On Deletion] effects activate when Security Digimon are deleted?
    A: No, Security Digimon cannot activate any effects unless they are [Security] effects.1
  4. Q: If one of my effects prevents Deletion, do my effects that trigger "when a Digimon is deleted" still trigger?
    A: No, the Digimon was not deleted.2
  5. Q: If my Digimon's DP would be reduced to 0, is that considered "deleted by a card effect"?
    A: No, it is deleted by game rules not by card effect. Effects that explicitly specify "deleted by card effect" do not work against deletion by 0 DP.3

Sources[]

  1. General Rules#Digimon Cards
  2. Carddass Email English 07/12/2021: Armor Purge
  3. Card Rulings:BT3-075, Card Rulings:BT5-071
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