Defend Triggers are Triggered Abilities that trigger when a Unit or Player gains the Defender designation for the first time during a combat. 1. These are commonly structured as “When I defend…” or “When you defend…” 2. These Triggered Abilities are put on the Chain as Pending Items after the Unit these effects correspond to gains the Defender designation during Combat. 2.a. These triggers will only have their condition checked once per combat, despite a Unit being able to gain and lose the Defender designation multiple times in the same combat. 2.b. If the trigger condition contains other requirements besides defending and if those requirements are not fulfilled when the unit gains the Defender designation, it will not trigger in that combat. 3. These Triggered Abilities can be referred to as Defend Triggers.
§ 383.4.f Core Rules PDF (officieel)
§ 383 Triggered Abilities are repeatable effects that happen when a Condition is met.
§ 383.4 Some Conditions are commonly used and structured in a way that explicitly defines their use and other properties of the Effect that is associated with it.
