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