Tokens not interacting properly when killed
When cards have a triggered effect for when creatures enter the graveyard, the ability is being triggered when tokens leave the battlefield. Since tokens don't go to the graveyard, these should not activate. Most recently I noticed it in my game playing against "Ultron the Annihilator". When its created token was destroyed, it activated its ability, which it shouldn't do.
Sixth_Jackson#17099
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Rezzahan#77802
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Tokens DO go to the graveyard, as well as any other zone they are sent to. They cease to exist shortly thereafter as a state based action, and cannot leave the new zone in the mean time. Do note, that some effect specifically look for CARDS going to the graveyard, which tokens are not, and thus won't be affected by such effects.
111.7. A token that’s in a zone other than the battlefield ceases to exist. This is a state-based action; see
rule 704. (Note that if a token changes zones, applicable triggered abilities will trigger before the
token ceases to exist.)111.8. A token that has left the battlefield can’t move to another zone or come back onto the battlefield.
If such a token would change zones, it remains in its current zone instead. It ceases to exist the next
time state-based actions are checked; see rule 704.