Viktor, Leader

Q. I have Viktor, Leader on the board. Does he trigger when: 1) A Sprite dies. 2) A [Recruit] with Shady Spectacles attached that copies a Poro.

1. Yes.
2. Unknown. The 2 biggest points of contention are:

• A] Does Viktor trigger when the unit goes to the trash or when the unit is recognized to be killed (while on the board) from either cleanup or kill instruction?
• B] For a killed unit, does the equipment detach on the board or right when it gets sent to the trash?

Plenty of references from the CR to look at when building either argument: 124., 359.3.f.3., 383.2.c.2., 428.2., 435.4.b., 719.5.

Anyways, the main source of confusion is that the term "die" is not codified in the CR. So we have to strawman from the codify of "kill" (428.) and it's lead to this debate 😅

My opinion is that it should be yes (as in Viktor recognizes the Recruit died as a Poro). If kill instructions and deathknells are evaluated before the unit is sent to a non-board zone, then it should be consistent with other factors of "dying".

Si Viktor, Leader est tué en même temps qu’une unité non recrue, aucun jeton de recrue n’est créé par Viktor.

Viktor doit encore être en jeu après que l’unité aie été tuée (mise en Trash) pour pouvoir être déclenché.

Source :

Q: What about other units that die at the same time as Wraith of Echoes, such as to a mass damage spell like Unchecked Power?

No. Units that die also don’t “see” anything else that dies at the same time they do.