Card Development Questions

[slapshot5]

Based upon your suggestion Slapshot, I tried the following code, but now no cards can be put into play. Other suggestions, or do you believe the infrastructure necessary isn't in place yet?

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Name:Protean Hulk
ManaCost:5 G G
Types:Creature Beast
Text:no text
PT:6/6
T:Mode$ ChangesZone | Origin$ Battlefield | Destination$ Graveyard | ValidCard$ Card.Self | Execute$ TrigChange | TriggerDescription$ When CARDNAME is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, search you libray for any number of creature cards with total converted mana cost 6 or less and put them onto the battlefield.  Then shuffle your library.
SVar:TrigChange:AB$ChangeZone | Cost$ 0 | Origin$ Library | Destination$ Battlefield | ChangeType$ Creature.cmcLE6 | ChangeNum$ XFetch
SVar:XFetch:Count$cmcLE6
SVar:Rarity:Rare
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/protean_hulk.jpg
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The infrastructure isn't there. We just need to implement "valid" checking for all zones. That would fix this.

-slapshot5

[SoulStorm]

Ok, thanks for the info. Slapshot.

[SoulStorm]

Here's another one that may be premature, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. It crashes when played. I'm sure the x variable is the problem, but I don't know if there's a way to fix it. I also considered trying this card using Animate, but every example targets. Is there a way to make this work, or am I being premature again?

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Name:Opalescence
ManaCost:2 W W
Types:Enchantment
Text:no text
K:stPumpAll:Enchantment.nonAura:0/0/Types=Creature:No Condition:Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.  It's still an enchantment.
K:stPumpAll:Enchantment.nonAura:x/x:No Condition:Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.  It's still an enchantment.
SVar:X:CardManaCost
SVar:RemRandomDeck:True
SVar:Rarity:Rare
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/opalescence.jpg
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[slapshot5]

Here's another one that may be premature, but I thought I'd give it a shot anyway. It crashes when played. I'm sure the x variable is the problem, but I don't know if there's a way to fix it. I also considered trying this card using Animate, but every example targets. Is there a way to make this work, or am I being premature again?

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Name:Opalescence
ManaCost:2 W W
Types:Enchantment
Text:no text
K:stPumpAll:Enchantment.nonAura:0/0/Types=Creature:No Condition:Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.  It's still an enchantment.
K:stPumpAll:Enchantment.nonAura:x/x:No Condition:Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.  It's still an enchantment.
SVar:X:CardManaCost
SVar:RemRandomDeck:True
SVar:Rarity:Rare
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/opalescence.jpg
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Does it crash because you're using lower case "x" in stPumpAll vs upper case "X" in SVar? Can you post the crash?

We don't have an elegant way to do static animates right now, like Living Lands too, but this doesn't seem wholly unreasonable...

-slapshot5

[SoulStorm]

Whoops, I'll try it with an uppercase X.

Also, while playing around with Followed Footsteps, I discovered that if I played it on an AI controlled creature, the token came into play under the AI's control. I know AB$Token has TokenOwner$, will that work with CopyPermanent, or does it need to be implemented?

[SoulStorm]

Tested Opalescence with upper case fix, here's the error report:

Also tested Followed Footsteps with TokenOwner$ You, but it doesn't work. Didn't think it would, but gave it a shot anyway.

Detailed error trace:
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at forge.GameActionUtil$5.execute(GameActionUtil.java:5776)
at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:507)
at forge.MagicStack.resolveStack(MagicStack.java:798)
at forge.Phase.passPriority(Phase.java:537)
at forge.ComputerAI_General.stackResponse(ComputerAI_General.java:346)
at forge.ComputerAI_General.stack_not_empty(ComputerAI_General.java:285)
at forge.gui.input.InputControl.updateInput(InputControl.java:151)
at forge.GuiInput.update(GuiInput.java:21)
at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Observable.notifyObservers(Unknown Source)
at forge.MyObservable.updateObservers(MyObservable.java:9)
at forge.gui.input.InputControl.resetInput(InputControl.java:58)
at forge.Phase.passPriority(Phase.java:527)
at forge.gui.input.Input_PassPriority.selectButtonOK(Input_PassPriority.java:42)
at forge.GuiInput.selectButtonOK(GuiInput.java:37)
at forge.GuiDisplay4.okButtonActionPerformed(GuiDisplay4.java:954)
at forge.GuiDisplay4.access$3(GuiDisplay4.java:953)
at forge.GuiDisplay4$25.actionPerformed(GuiDisplay4.java:741)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at org.jvnet.substance.utils.RolloverButtonListener.mouseReleased(RolloverButtonListener.java:111)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

[slapshot5]

Tested Opalescence upper case fix, here's the error report:

Also tested Followed Footsteps with TokenOwner$ You, but it doesn't work. Didn't think it would, but gave it a shot anyway.

Detailed error trace:
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
at forge.GameActionUtil$5.execute(GameActionUtil.java:5776)
at forge.GameAction.checkStateEffects(GameAction.java:507)
at forge.MagicStack.resolveStack(MagicStack.java:798)
at forge.Phase.passPriority(Phase.java:537)
<snip />
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Well, that exception is because SVar needs to have SVar:X:Count$CardManaCost

But I ran into this problem yesterday with Phyrexian Ingester. stPump will use the Opalescence CMC in this case, not the CMC of the pumped card.

This may not be too far away from being correct though. Let me look into it a bit.

[SoulStorm]

Cool, thanks Slapshot!

[slapshot5]

Here's what I just used:

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Name:Opalescence
ManaCost:2 W W
Types:Enchantment
Text:no text
K:stPumpAll:Enchantment.nonAura+Other:0/0/Types=Creature:No Condition:Each other non-Aura enchantment is a creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.  It's still an enchantment.
K:stPumpAll:Enchantment.nonAura+Other:X/X:No Condition:no text
SVar:X:Count$CardManaCost
SVar:RemRandomDeck:True
SVar:Rarity:Rare
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/opalescence.jpg
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I realize it has the wrong P/T, but other than that, let me know how rules-compliant this looks to you.

-slapshot5

[SoulStorm]

Looks great! I actually missed the "Other" variable until I noticed that you added it.

[slapshot5]

And I should be able to get that all on one line. Just need to change the order of stuff in code probably.

Now, let me see if I can get the correct P/T in there...

-slapshot5

[SoulStorm]

That would be awesome! If you can get the P/T correct, we should be able to add March of the Machines as well.

[slapshot5]

Well, the is going to take more work than I feared. This needs to be a stSetPT instead of a stPump keyword. Just look what happens if you have 2 Opalescences in play.

-slapshot5

[Sloth]

That would be awesome! If you can get the P/T correct, we should be able to add March of the Machines as well.

Note that euipment that becomes a creature will fall off.

[SoulStorm]

Duh, I didn't think of what would happen with 2 Opalescence in play either. Well, that's why you guys get paid the big bucks.