Would a Blood Artist trigger if i sacrificed a Diregraf Ghoul to a Bloodthrone Vampire ? Not quite sure about some of these rules. It has been since 5th edition that I played. Cards did not have as many options like the newer ones do. I could not for the life of me remember if sacrificing a creature counted as died. I thought that if a creature left the battlefield to the graveyard by means of sacrificing, direct damage, destroy, and combat damage that would be considered dead/died.
Here is a page with links to the basic and comprehensive rules, Gatherer and tournamnet rules.
The comprehensive rulebook is definitive, but it's better to start with the basic rulebook. Gatherer will be useful to look up card wordings - the Gatherer wording is definitive.
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There is a forum here dedicated to people getting back into magic. I checked it out too late, but it is well written and would have been a big help if I read it earlier. I suggest you check it out.
