Can I banish units from the trash?

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Accepted Answer

Yes, you can banish units from the trash.

According to **Rule 414.1**, "Banishing is the action of placing a card from any zone to Banishment." Since the trash is a zone, cards (including units) located there are valid targets for banish effects, provided the specific card or ability you are using explicitly instructs you to banish from the trash.

For example, **Rule 414.5** explicitly lists "Banish 2 cards from your trash" as a valid format for a game effect.

**Important considerations:**
*   **Targeting:** While units in the trash are treated as cards and cannot be affected by spells that target "units" (which defaults to units on the board per **Rule 140.1.b.2**), they can be affected by effects that specifically target or reference the trash zone (see **Rule 140.1.b.3**).
*   **Characteristics:** Per **Rule 711**, units in the trash are evaluated based on their inherent might (the printed value), regardless of any buffs or debuffs they had while on the board.