Does an evocation attack count as a physical action?

[7h0r]

If a persistent effect is applied to a model that triggers when a spell or physical action is taken by that model, does an evocation’s physical attack count as a physical action and satisfy that trigger? Does it only satisfy if triggered by the mage using a physical token to activate it, or does it also count if the evocation attacks from another spell effect, or during the Evocation Phase activations?

[Beto_BringerOfOrder]

An evocation activation is considered a physical action