<p>I have a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wurmcoil%20Engine">Wurmcoil Engine</a>. My opponent casts <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reprobation">Reprobation</a> on it, making it a 0/1 Coward without any abilities.</p>
<p>If the Wurmcoil Engine dies, do I get the tokens it would generate? The specific text on the card says “put into the graveyard from the battlefield” - so does it enter the graveyard as a Wurmcoil Engine or as a Coward due to the Reprobation?</p>

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2023-05-06T16:33:51.007Z
Note that Wurmcoil Engine does _not_ use the phrasing "put into the graveyard from the battlefield" any more; the Oracle text is "When Wurmcoil Engine dies" and the Oracle text is all that matters.
Philip Kendall
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2023-05-06T16:55:01.300Z
In this case, the different Oracle text doesn't make a difference in the outcome. The rules define "dies" to mean "is put into a graveyard from the battlefield" (700.4).
murgatroid99
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Do on death triggers still function if they have been removed by an aura?
Timothy Chu
# Do on death triggers still function if they have been removed by an aura?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-06)

I have a [Wurmcoil Engine](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wurmcoil%20Engine). My opponent casts [Reprobation](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reprobation) on it, making it a 0/1 Coward without any abilities.

If the Wurmcoil Engine dies, do I get the tokens it would generate? The specific text on the card says “put into the graveyard from the battlefield” - so does it enter the graveyard as a Wurmcoil Engine or as a Coward due to the Reprobation?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Note that Wurmcoil Engine does _not_ use the phrasing "put into the graveyard from the battlefield" any more; the Oracle text is "When Wurmcoil Engine dies" and the Oracle text is all that matters.  
> **username_2**: In this case, the different Oracle text doesn't make a difference in the outcome. The rules define "dies" to mean "is put into a graveyard from the battlefield" (700.4).  

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