Forum:Monsters banished are "destroyed"?

So I'm playing a game against my friend with my new Madolche deck. I mean, sure, I used it before vs. him without Madolche Queen Tiaramisu, and I stomped him three times in a row, but this time, I knew he was out for blood. Also that he may or may not have Necrovalley ._. So anyway, I go in, only wanting to work on a little project we've (and I guess in terms of actual work I've seen, I've) been working on, just trying to avoid the topic of a duel at all. I hold this up for quite a few hours. Finally, I'm stumped, and I just don't care anymore. Good news: he doesn't have necrovalley. Bad news: His deck is so bad it's good. Here's where it gets to the actual problem. He gets out The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion and Musto, Oracle of Gusto. Now, I actually showed him Pilica, Descendant of Gusto a while ago for trade, and he straight up ignored it. This made me realize later: that's the only gusto card in his deck, most likely. I know last time, he was using fire fists, which by the way, failed him due to his lack of boss monsters, but I also knew that he had Red Dragon Archfiend, which I'd seen him rush a few times, and was the only legitimate threat I've seen in his rather strange and cluttered deck. I knew he had tons of synchros in his extra deck, none of which I knew held to a theme, so I though, hey, what's the worst that could happen? Anyway, he then uses Light Sealed Fusion and Musto, Oracle of Whateversto to fusion summon Ultimate Axon Kicker. For some reason, he uses Miracle Synchro Fusion, which he happens to also have in his hand. I didn't realize this at the time, since I never properly read the light-hex sealed fusion's effect, but he actually needed that miracle synchro fusion he happened to have in his hand. Did I mention he only owns one the light and one The Earth - Hex-Sealed Fusion that I know of, and isn't playing a psychic deck. Really, he plays more of a stall deck for cards that he can actually use. Treeborn Frog, Krebons stupid Marshmallon, which can burn in the eternal depths forever, Reptilianne Naga, which I had the displeasure of having to be stalled by, everything he uses is for the purpose of stalling you to death, to the point that he wouldn't trade me for his Scapegoat, and my goat tokens will be left to rot away. The point being, this was a very, very lucky draw in a deck where half the time, he can only stall and wait for the two cards that let him summon one of the cards in his extra deck, maybe. I'm getting off topic. My madolche deck is filled with spell and trap cards due to me using them for filler while I was getting the cards I needed, one of which I still don't have because Madolche Magileine costs 10 dollars on ebay for no reason. (If someone can lead me to a more reasonable price for a card that is for some reason more than Madolche Puddingcess and Madolche Queen Tiaramisu, please do.) I flip my Dimensional Prison. I assume this means that His axon can stay away from me and let me set up. "No." he says. "Ultimate Axon Kicker's effect prevents him from being destroyed by card effects." This results in a huge argument over whether or not banishing is the same thing as destroying. Long story short: I won because complaining is in my blood, and it was banished. Then, he brought it back a few turns later with D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation. This time I was ready, and used my Queen Tiramisu to send it back to the extra deck. I won. Then I won the next time too. I guess his deck just is too nonsensical to pull more than one trick a game. The question is: Is Banishing Destroying? I don't think it is. Bashfrog (talk • contribs) 16:21, August 24, 2014 (UTC)Bashfrog