Reference summary · Core rule · Rules Tome 2.0.9 § 406, 510.17
Banish zone
Banished cards are public but outside play and the discard pile.
How it works
Rule explanation
A card goes to its owner’s banish zone when instructed to banish it. If an action cost instructs you to rip a card in half, banish that card instead. Banished cards are visible to all players and are not in play.
At the table
Example
A character banished instead of killed does not create death or kill Reacts.
Watch for this
Common mistake
Banish is not another word for discard or destroy; effects that search the discard pile cannot select a banished card. This rules summary does not enable unsupported legacy cards in the War Room.