First off, I very much appreciate the help. To the point, "board wipe" cards/effects take many forms, but in general, when they affect all permanents, what rulings are there.. especially if a given card has an ability that triggers when other cards hit the graveyard. For instance:
Yes, Shenanigans triggers for every goblin that goes to the graveyard at the same time as itself. Abilities like this that trigger off a permanent leaving the battlefield do so based on their existence before that event. The game indeed 'remembers', it looks back in time. Shenanigans was there just before the goblins died, so it triggers.
603.6d. Normally, objects that exist immediately after an event are checked to see if the event matched any trigger conditions. Continuous effects that exist at that time are used to determine what the trigger conditions are and what the objects involved in the event look like. However, some triggered abilities must be treated specially. Leaves-the-battlefield abilities, abilities that trigger when a card leaves a graveyard, abilities that trigger when a permanent phases out, abilities that trigger when an object that all players can see is put into a hand or library, abilities that trigger specifically when an object becomes unattached, abilities that trigger when a player loses control of an object, and abilities that trigger when a player planeswalks away from a plane will trigger based on their existence, and the appearance of objects, prior to the event rather than afterward. The game has to "look back in time" to determine if these abilities trigger.
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If I have 20 odd goblins in play as well as Boggart Shenanigans & an opponent plays Planar Cleansing, would the Shenanigans trigger?
If not, are there other circumstance(s) when all non-land cards get "wiped" but the ability of certain cards remembers and triggers from the stack?
Interested in your collective knowledge.