Only one spell per turn

[Eglin]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to code a card that prevents its owner from playing more than one spell per turn. What I've got looks elegant and concise to me - unfortunately, it doesn't work. Would you please take a look and try to give me a hand?

Thanks in advance,
Eglin

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  <TRIGGERED_ABILITY forced_skip="1" influencing_zone="any" layer="8">
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[You can't cast more than one spell each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <TRIGGER value="SPELL_PLAYED">
    return TriggerObject():GetPlayer() == Object():GetPlayer()
    </TRIGGER>
    <FILTER>
    return OwnedByYou() and InHand()
    </FILTER>
    <CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
    FilteredCard():GetCurrentCharacteristics():Bool_Set( CHARACTERISTIC_CANT_BE_PLAYED, 1 )
    </CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
    <DURATION>
    return (MTG():GetStep() == STEP_CLEANUP)
    </DURATION>
  </TRIGGERED_ABILITY>


[thefiremind]

We talk about zone attributes again... if you look at Living Destiny, you see that its code prevents it to be played when there's no creature to reveal, by using the same characteristic you are using here. And the static ability has zone="hand".

Anyway, your idea of implementing one spell per turn is really good! I'll check if I can use it to make Ethersworn Canonist a little shorter.

[sadlyblue]

And how about the cards with flashback?
This only restricts cards in hand.

[thefiremind]

And how about the cards with flashback?
This only restricts cards in hand.

You got a point there. I forgot that I gave my Ethersworn Canonist an ability that overrides playing spells that don't come from hand because of this.
For Eglin's purpose, there is the clean and functional PLAYER_CHARACTERISTIC_CANT_CAST_SPELLS, but it can't be used for Ethersworn Canonist, for obvious reasons.
I should check if the CHARACTERISTIC_CANT_BE_PLAYED can be set on cards in any zone.

[Eglin]

We talk about zone attributes again... if you look at Living Destiny, you see that its code prevents it to be played when there's no creature to reveal, by using the same characteristic you are using here. And the static ability has zone="hand".

Anyway, your idea of implementing one spell per turn is really good! I'll check if I can use it to make Ethersworn Canonist a little shorter.

I was under the impression that Living Destiny was marked as hand because Living Destiny needs to be in the hand for its static effect to be active. My card needs to be in play for its static effect to be active. I can actually see the card flash when spells are played, indicating the trigger is firing - I just can't seem to make it refuse to allow further spells. Which zones are you suggesting the card be given?

I think I might shelve what I've got now and switch to simply overriding spells after the first, like your Canonist does. Are there any side effects with that choice, like unintentional mana tapping or anything?

As an aside, I've got an issue where there's some weird interaction between this card and another one that I'm working on. Whenever I try to include both in the same deck, the game goes into some sort of endless loop whenever it tries to load the deck - this happens for both games and the in-game deck editor. It's weird, and I haven't been able to identify the cause yet.

[Eglin]

Here's what I ended up with:

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  <STATIC_ABILITY active_zone="player" influencing_zone="player">
    <LOCALISED_TEXT LanguageCode="en-US"><![CDATA[You can't cast more than one spell each turn.]]></LOCALISED_TEXT>
    <CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
    if MTG():DuelDataChest():Get_Int( DUEL_UTILITY_COMPARTMENT_ID_SPELLS_PLAYED_THIS_TURN ) &gt; 0 then
       Object():GetPlayer():GetCurrentCharacteristics():Bool_Set( PLAYER_CHARACTERISTIC_CANT_CAST_SPELLS, 1 )
    end
    </CONTINUOUS_ACTION>
    <AI_BASE_SCORE score="450" zone="in_play" />
  </STATIC_ABILITY>

It seems to work perfectly. Thanks for the help, everyone.

I am interested, still, in overriding spells like thefiremind's Canonist.