Does exiling a creature count as killing it?

A creature or planeswalker does not die if it is sent to another zone (usually Exile), either directly or by a replacement effect.
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Does exiling a card kill it?

Can You Regenerate an Exiled Creature? Nope. Once a card enters exile, it doesn't have any abilities or properties unless the effect that put it there says so. Cards in exile also can't be destroyed or put into combat, which means regenerate effects would do nothing.
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Does exile count as destroying?

Exile and the Graveyard are two different zones in magic. "Destroy" puts a card into the graveyard, and "Exile" puts it in the exile zone. Some cards can retrieve things from your graveyard, like Eternal Witness. The cards that can get them from exile are far fewer, but Pull from Eternity comes to mind.
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What happens when you exile a creature?

Exiled cards enter a separate area from your graveyard, and it cannot be brought back unless a counterspell is used against the exiling effect, or another spell or effect is used to bring it back into your graveyard, sometimes even directly into your hand or into play.
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Does discarding a creature count as dying?

No, it doesn't. A creature dying will be put into the graveyard as a state-based effect, and it's considered destroyed. Discarding involves a card moving from a player's hand to that player's graveyard.
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Back to the Basics - Exile

Does exile mean death?

Exile, either undertaken voluntarily to escape a penalty (usually death), or imposed as a punishment, was common in the ancient world.
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What counts as discarding?

Discard is an evergreen keyword action which takes cards from a player's hand and puts them in their graveyard.
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What happens if you exile a mutated creature?

If a mutated creature leaves the battlefield, all of its components go to the appropriate zone. So if it dies, each card ends up in the graveyard. Any ability that triggers "whenever a creature you control dies" or similar will trigger only once. Same with exile, your hand, or your library.
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What is exile punishment?

Exile or banishment, is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose.
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Can indestructible creatures be exiled?

Indestructible permanents can still be put into their owner's graveyard by other means, such as by the "legend rule", by being sacrificed or (in the case of creatures) having zero or less toughness. They can also be removed from the battlefield by being bounced or exiled for example.
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Can you counter exile?

Sometimes counters are used on such cards; exile is the only zone other than the battlefield in which cards typically have counters. Exiling is also a form of removal, as in the classic Swords to Plowshares.
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Can progenitus be exiled?

You cannot exile Progenitus or True-Name Nemesis. "Protection from everything" has a specific meaning in the rules: 702.16j “Protection from everything” is a variant of the protection ability.
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Does exiling count as gaining dominion?

Exiling a card is not gaining it or trashing it. Cards on your Exile mat are yours, regardless of whether the card was yours before it was put there (e.g. Exiling a card from the Supply makes that card yours). When you gain a card, you may discard all the other copies of it you have in Exile.
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Does exiling a commander work?

If your commander moves to the graveyard or exile, you may choose to put it into the command zone as a state-based action upon it entering said zone; therefore, abilities that trigger when a creature dies or is exiled work as normal when a commander dies or is exiled, but the commander will still end up in the command ...
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Why isn't exile a punishment?

Why isn't exile used as a form of punishment any more in the United States? Exile was replaced by other punishments, and eventually became distasteful to Americans because of disuse and politics. Exile was mainly used in Colonial America, particularly as a tool for religious settlements to enforce conformity.
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Can you be legally banished?

The Federal Government and the States have access to land suitable for banishment. People who are banished will largely care for themselves and control their own crime. They might kill or abuse one another, but they do so now in prison. Banishment is no less democratic than prison.
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Can you still get banished?

While the Constitution does not specifically discuss banishment, banishment is still legal under the Constitution as long as due process is followed.
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Do exiled creatures return with summoning sickness?

Because the new wording doesn't use phasing, the exiled card will suffer from summoning sickness upon its return to the battlefield. The effect doesn't care what types the card has after it is exiled, only that it have been a creature while on the battlefield.
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Is a mutated creature one permanent?

Rather, it merges with the target creature and becomes one object represented by more than one card or token (see rule 727, “Merging with Permanents”). The spell's controller chooses whether the spell is put on top of the creature or on the bottom. The resulting permanent is a mutated permanent.
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Do creatures have summoning sickness after exile?

Accepted answer #1. Your creature has summoning sickness if you have not continuously controlled it since the beginning of your most recent turn. That's it. It doesn't matter how or from where the creature entered the battlefield.
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Does milling count as discarding?

The answer is no. This might sound strange, but there's a difference between sending a card to your discard pile from your deck and discarding a card from your hand. People commonly refer to sending a card on the top of your deck to your discard pile as milling.
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Does discarding count as sacrifice?

Sacrificing doesn't involve discarding. Discarding specifically refers to an instruction to move a card from your hand to your own graveyard: 701.7a To discard a card, move it from its owner's hand to that player's graveyard.
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What is the maximum hand size in MTG?

Each player has a maximum hand size, which is normally seven cards. A player may have any number of cards in their hand, but as part of their cleanup step, the player must discard excess cards down to the maximum hand size. 402.3. A player may arrange their hand in any convenient fashion and look at it at any time.
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Is exile worse than death?

To be forced to leave the city-state (the home) and be exposed without the protection of government (laws), friends and family, was seen in ancient Greece as a fate worse than death.
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What is the difference between exiled and exile?

If someone is exiled, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons. His second wife, Hilary, had been widowed, then exiled from South Africa. They threatened to exile her in southern Spain. An exile is someone who has been exiled.
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