[confirmed]Rakalite bounces only if still a Rakalite
Posted: 11 Jun 2017, 14:19Describe the bug:
If you activate Rakalite but it's not a Rakalite anymore at end of turn, or if it's lost all its abilities, it doesn't get returned to its owner's hand. (If it later becomes a Rakalite with abilities again, it gets bounced at the next end-of-turn after that.)
Which card behaved improperly?
Rakalite.
Which update are you using? (date, name)Which type? (duel, gauntlet, sealed deck)
Dev 4d5f02b.
What exactly should be the correct behavior/interaction?
The delayed triggered ability gets created as part of Rakalite's ability's resolution, and happens no matter what happens to the card that created it afterwards. (It won't actually do anything if the card's no longer on the battlefield, but even then it'll still trigger at the next end step. Just in case you had an extra Stifle in your hand that you were really desperate to get rid of.)
Are any other cards possibly affected by this bug?
Nope.
To repro:
For not being a Rakalite anymore, Mizzium Transreliquat is easiest. Make the Mizzium become a permanent copy of a Rakalite, activate it, then make it become a permanent copy of something else. Mizzium Transreliquat's activation stores data in the same place Rakalite does to tell itself to bounce later, though, so it may or may not remember to do that if you change it back to a Rakalite on a later turn. I guess maybe Unstable Shapeshifter or Infinite Reflection, combined with an animation effect, would work if you really badly want to test the bounce happening on a later turn.
For losing abilities, Titania's Song, at least in dev. I don't know if that works the same way in release or not. Lignify combined with either Animate Artifact or Xenic Poltergeist should do it too.
If you activate Rakalite but it's not a Rakalite anymore at end of turn, or if it's lost all its abilities, it doesn't get returned to its owner's hand. (If it later becomes a Rakalite with abilities again, it gets bounced at the next end-of-turn after that.)
Which card behaved improperly?
Rakalite.
Which update are you using? (date, name)Which type? (duel, gauntlet, sealed deck)
Dev 4d5f02b.
What exactly should be the correct behavior/interaction?
The delayed triggered ability gets created as part of Rakalite's ability's resolution, and happens no matter what happens to the card that created it afterwards. (It won't actually do anything if the card's no longer on the battlefield, but even then it'll still trigger at the next end step. Just in case you had an extra Stifle in your hand that you were really desperate to get rid of.)
Are any other cards possibly affected by this bug?
Nope.
To repro:
For not being a Rakalite anymore, Mizzium Transreliquat is easiest. Make the Mizzium become a permanent copy of a Rakalite, activate it, then make it become a permanent copy of something else. Mizzium Transreliquat's activation stores data in the same place Rakalite does to tell itself to bounce later, though, so it may or may not remember to do that if you change it back to a Rakalite on a later turn. I guess maybe Unstable Shapeshifter or Infinite Reflection, combined with an animation effect, would work if you really badly want to test the bounce happening on a later turn.
For losing abilities, Titania's Song, at least in dev. I don't know if that works the same way in release or not. Lignify combined with either Animate Artifact or Xenic Poltergeist should do it too.