414. Banish

414.1. Banishing is the action of placing a card from any zone to Banishment. See

414.2. When a card is Banished it is placed directly into the Banishment zone from its origin.

414.2.a. Banish is not a subset of Kill.
414.2.b. Banish is not a subset of Discard.

414.3. Cards and effects can refer to cards that were banished by the same object.

414.3.a. Separate instances of an object or effect banishing cards do not reference other banished cards by objects of the same name or effects originating from cards of the same name. Example: A spell reads "Banish the top card of your Main Deck. When you conquer this turn, draw it." This card effect allows you to draw the banished card from banishment if a condition is met. If more than one of these effects is played, each one triggers separately. Each card will be drawn separately. If the turn player passes the turn without playing the card, the card remains in banishment indefinitely. If the same player plays another copy of the same spell, banishes another card, and satisfies its condition, they could play the new banished card, but not the original banished card.

414.4. Banishing is a Limited Action.

414.4.a. Players may only Banish cards or permanents when Game Effects direct them to do so.

414.5. This action is formatted as "Banish [one or more permanents or cards]." e.g., "Banish a card from your hand." e.g., "Banish 2 cards from your trash." e.g., "Look at the top 2 cards of your Main Deck. Draw one of them and banish the other."