Thanks for these clarifications. Can you clarify something else for me here? When a premium card "spawns" a card, will that spawned card also be a premium version (i.e. animated)? I thought this was the case because my premium Tuirseach Bearmaster spawns a bear that is also premium, which is reflected in the (right click) detailed card information screen. Believing this to be universal I transmuted my prize winning cow card with the understanding that the chort it spawns would again be premium as indicated in the (right click) detailed card information screen. However, upon playing the prize winning cow, an opponent killed it with a unit ability and chort spawned as normal but was NOT premium (i.e. animated).
Is this a bug or is there some other explanation for this phenomenon? I am unable to locate the chort anywhere in deck builder if i am required to transmute it as well for some reason, but it remains a spawned card. Hope I've made sense with my post.