You can discard a creature card via some other outlet, and the clause still triggers
Let us break it down, because the card does several things, and it even differs a bit depending on when you play the card
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Its also fun to play on turn 2 and follow up with Timetwister in Cube or Commander
That makes the moxen from Alpha really, all the fast mana on this listabsurd
The Burned status condition, much like the Poisoned status condition, applies damage during the checkup step at the end of every turn, but it functions differently between turns