Activation Gems and their Sources

Plastic
Plastic Posts: 762 Critical Contributor
edited August 2016 in MtGPQ Suggestions & Feedback
Sometimes when the board gets cluttered with supports that generate activation triggers along with ones from creatures, it can get hectic to sort through everything. I was thinking that maybe long pressing on a source would highlight the trigger gems associated with it. Maybe even dim out the rest of the board for easier visual cue.

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  • alextfish
    alextfish Posts: 192
    It might be nice to be able to tap a source to see the activations from that source. But you know you can already tap an activation gem to get a brief highlight of whatever its source is? That usually makes it easy enough to track down which are the gems you're wanting to pop.
  • jimilinho_
    jimilinho_ Posts: 292
    Where it gets really tricky is when you both have the same support ( e.g. Shrine of the Forsaken Gods ) Especially if you forget which is yours. Would be great to have a way to identify things like this.
  • Barrelrolla
    Barrelrolla Posts: 289
    jimilinho_ wrote:
    Where it gets really tricky is when you both have the same support ( e.g. Shrine of the Forsaken Gods ) Especially if you forget which is yours. Would be great to have a way to identify things like this.
    There are arrows on top of the support gems.
    If the corner where the shield count is on the left, then it's yours, if it's on the right, it's your opponent's.
  • Plastic
    Plastic Posts: 762 Critical Contributor
    alextfish wrote:
    It might be nice to be able to tap a source to see the activations from that source. But you know you can already tap an activation gem to get a brief highlight of whatever its source is? That usually makes it easy enough to track down which are the gems you're wanting to pop.

    Yes I knew about this. I think it's more efficient to do it in reverse though. Have Shrine of the Forsaken Gods out? Tapping the support gem and seeing its 3 triggers light up makes for faster decision making instead of tapping through the board seeing if a trigger gem brings to SotFG. Especially if you have other creatures and supports with their own triggers everywhere.
  • Barrelrolla
    Barrelrolla Posts: 289
    Plastic wrote:
    alextfish wrote:
    It might be nice to be able to tap a source to see the activations from that source. But you know you can already tap an activation gem to get a brief highlight of whatever its source is? That usually makes it easy enough to track down which are the gems you're wanting to pop.

    Yes I knew about this. I think it's more efficient to do it in reverse though. Have Shrine of the Forsaken Gods out? Tapping the support gem and seeing its 3 triggers light up makes for faster decision making instead of tapping through the board seeing if a trigger gem brings to SotFG. Especially if you have other creatures and supports with their own triggers everywhere.
    True, but how will you know what support that is if tapping it doesn't show the card, but instead the activate gems?
  • Plastic
    Plastic Posts: 762 Critical Contributor
    Barrelrolla wrote:
    True, but how will you know what support that is if tapping it doesn't show the card, but instead the activate gems?

    Why can't it do both? Tap a support, it pops up like it does now (maybe reposition the window) AND singles out the activation gems belonging to it on the board. That's what I'd like to see.

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