I summon from my graveyard, let's say, Majestic Mech-Ohka, during my opponent's turn. I activate Interdimensional Matter Transporter removing MMO from play until the end of the turn. At the end phase MMO returns to the field. But due to it's effect isn't it then sent to the graveyard, making IMT a useless move?
Majestic Mechs vs. IMT
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masterwoo0
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Not necessarily. Sending to the Graveyard never equals a card being destroyed. All cards, however, are "sent somewhere" no matter what or how they got there, soHorusMaster said:
Tribute
Destroy
Discard
All end up being "Sent" to the Graveyard, but you cannot use "Send" as a term in place of the action. "Sending" is a end result caused by the action, just like the Game Mechanic that destroys Spell and Trap Cards in a chain cannot be used as a way to get a card effect that requires it to be destroyed by an effect.
The closest thing to equal Send is Tribute.
HorusMaster
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The closest thing to equal Send is Tribute.
So, when Majestic Mech "sends" itself to the graveyard, the card is being "tributed" and not destroyed? Doesn't the act of "sending" itself to the graveyard equate to being "destroyed"? Sand Moth aside, what would be the difference of a card being sent from the field AT the end phase that would make a difference of it "being sent" as opposed to the card "being destroyed"?
So, when Majestic Mech "sends" itself to the graveyard, the card is being "tributed" and not destroyed? Doesn't the act of "sending" itself to the graveyard equate to being "destroyed"? Sand Moth aside, what would be the difference of a card being sent from the field AT the end phase that would make a difference of it "being sent" as opposed to the card "being destroyed"?
No, no no. He was just saying that Sending is much closer to Tribute mechanically then it is to destruction. Though I would say there is a major difference, in that a card that sends something to the Graveyard and a card that Tributes. (e.g. Ultimate Baseball kid vs Cannon Soldier)
In any case, the terms are getting muddled here.
Send, Tribute, destroy are three different mechanics that are not equal to each other in any way.
"Send" or "send to the Graveyard" is looking for the card to go to a specific location. If it doesn't go there (like say due to Macro Cosmos effect) then it hasn't fulfilled the requirements of being sent.
"Tribute", by default would send a card to the Graveyard, but it's doesn't have to go there. This is why you can tribute a token for Cannon soldier, but you cannot send a token for Ultimate Baseball Kid. "Tribute" is not dependant on the monster going anywhere but off the field.
"Destroy" is different from all of them. When an effect destroys something, your not sending it, your not Tributing it. It could very well go to any location that a card can go to and still be considered "destroyed". Card effects that look for something to be destroyed, will not look at a card if it was Tributed, or "Send"-ed.
And the reason I use such bad grammar as "Send"-ed, is so as not to confuse the term "sent" with anything else. If a card was "sent" to the Graveyard, it's a generic statement, saying that the card went from one pace to another. But it doesn't specify any particular Game Mechanic. Sangean effect activates no mater how he was "sent" to the Graveyard. Destroyed, tributed, or an effect said to "send" him.
This is the main problem with the "send" mechanic and the English language. People too often confuse the manual action (send) with the generic event (sent).
Bottom line is "Tribute" and "send", never ever equal "destroy".
In any case, the terms are getting muddled here.
Send, Tribute, destroy are three different mechanics that are not equal to each other in any way.
"Send" or "send to the Graveyard" is looking for the card to go to a specific location. If it doesn't go there (like say due to Macro Cosmos effect) then it hasn't fulfilled the requirements of being sent.
"Tribute", by default would send a card to the Graveyard, but it's doesn't have to go there. This is why you can tribute a token for Cannon soldier, but you cannot send a token for Ultimate Baseball Kid. "Tribute" is not dependant on the monster going anywhere but off the field.
"Destroy" is different from all of them. When an effect destroys something, your not sending it, your not Tributing it. It could very well go to any location that a card can go to and still be considered "destroyed". Card effects that look for something to be destroyed, will not look at a card if it was Tributed, or "Send"-ed.
And the reason I use such bad grammar as "Send"-ed, is so as not to confuse the term "sent" with anything else. If a card was "sent" to the Graveyard, it's a generic statement, saying that the card went from one pace to another. But it doesn't specify any particular Game Mechanic. Sangean effect activates no mater how he was "sent" to the Graveyard. Destroyed, tributed, or an effect said to "send" him.
This is the main problem with the "send" mechanic and the English language. People too often confuse the manual action (send) with the generic event (sent).
Bottom line is "Tribute" and "send", never ever equal "destroy".