Prized Amalgam + Graf Harvest killing Lightning Runner

span_argoman
span_argoman Posts: 751 Critical Contributor
in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues
If I have Graf Harvest and a single Prized Amalgam out, and the opponent's Lightning Runner attacks, the following happens:
1. Lightning Runner gets blocked by Prized Amalgam, deals its First Strike (out of its Double Strike) damage to Prized Amalgam and hence killing it.
2. Graf Harvest triggers, bringing in a Zombie and resurrecting Prized Amalgam.
3. The game treats this Prized Amalgam as the same copy as the original one, resulting in Prized Amalgam and Lightning Runner both dealing damage to each other in the normal damage step and hence killing both.
4. Graf Harvest then triggers again to spawn another Zombie and resurrecting Prized Amalgam again.

I believe Steps 3 and 4 should not be happening as the resurrected Prized Amalgam should not be able to continue blocking Lightning Runner.

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  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    I think it's step 2 triggering during combat that's wrong.
    if the combat phase was allowed to finish before graf
    harvest is triggered then it should work as predicted
    from reading their descriptions.

    HH
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    The problem isn't either of these things, Lightning Runner shouldn't deal normal combat damage to a creature that blocked it and was killed in first strike damage. Combat for that creature should be resolved disallowing this situation. I've seen this happen with my own Prized Amalgam, and am curious if this happens with other double strike creatures. Haven't had the opportunity to notice it against Solemn Recruit of Champion of Iroas.
  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    edited April 2017
    I've just had my amalgam/graf harvest work correctly
    versus opponent solemn recruit. it could be lightning
    runner being buggy. I've noticed that my assembled
    alpha dies first in the same combat round and then
    opponent lightning runner dies from 1 toughness.
    (opponent had 2 servos, combat damage after the
    initial first strike should be at the same time)

    HH
  • THEMAGICkMAN
    THEMAGICkMAN Posts: 697 Critical Contributor
    The whole combat system needs to be rewritten and all cards should be adjusted as necessary to fit within the same system. With my non-existent knowledge of coding it seems to me that they write each creatures code individually or have several different templates for creatures when they should be using the same template for every creature in the game.

    I'm probably wrong since I know literally nothing about coding, but hey, its something to think about right?

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