Mysterious Dust

PsyBaby
PsyBaby Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues
In case anyone else encounters this I am writing this post. I messaged d3 about it already. I was in a game and Dust the other effect of Grind was triggered and exiled one of my creatures. The funny thing is Grind was never cast. Took screenshots of the entire battle log.

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  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    edited 2017 12
    how do you know it wasn't your opponents grind/dust
    card that maybe got discarded?

    HH
  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,965 Chairperson of the Boards
    hawkyh1 said:
    how do you know it wasn't your opponents grind/dust
    card that maybe got discarded?

    HH

    This is most likely it. If your opponent discards Grind, Dust's Athermath gems will activate without having to cast it. It's a strategy I use all the time. 
  • PsyBaby
    PsyBaby Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    edited 2017 12
    Yes that's it. I think that's a glitch but He used Farm. Then market was triggered causing two discards in his hand. I had destroyed the farm on the gem board before it could be used though.

    You can't just throw grind in the trash and get that effect. It has to be destroyed in your hand by you or your opponent. Is this a glitch?


  • AresOmega
    AresOmega Posts: 75 Match Maker
    Throwing a card in the trash from your hand exiles the card, it does not end up in the graveyard. The back sides of both Farm and Grind are triggered from the graveyard.
  • PsyBaby
    PsyBaby Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    edited 2017 13
    Yes that's true but was it the designers intent to get free aftermath casting by just destroying your hand.

    Furthermore if this is the designers intent it would be nice if the system alerted you as to what aftermath effects have just been cast.

  • PsyBaby
    PsyBaby Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    While on the subject of graveyards. Does anyone know...If your opponent steals your creature and you kill it , is it supposed to go into your opponents graveyard?

  • BUgsySA
    BUgsySA Posts: 51 Match Maker
    PsyBaby said:
    While on the subject of graveyards. Does anyone know...If your opponent steals your creature and you kill it , is it supposed to go into your opponents graveyard?

    I'm pretty sure it does. I had an opponent steal a dread wanderer with lay claim this weekend, I killed it and then they were able to get it back by matching the activated gems. 
  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,965 Chairperson of the Boards
    PsyBaby said:
    Yes that's true but was it the designers intent to get free aftermath casting by just destroying your hand.

    Furthermore if this is the designers intent it would be nice if the system alerted you as to what aftermath effects have just been cast.



    1. Yes it was the designer's intent to get you to discard your own cards to trigger aftermath effects. That's why Grind is so weak when casted and Dust very powerful when the gems are activated.

    2. You can click on the activated gems and it will bring up the card face. 
  • PsyBaby
    PsyBaby Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    edited 2017 13
    On a busy gem board which can be filled with energized gems and activated gems and timer gems and all sorts of gems it is all to easy to miss an UNANNOUNCED gem placement.

    It does not even show up in the battle log.

  • PsyBaby
    PsyBaby Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    Ok I have the same problem. When an opponent steals my creature and I kill it the creature goes to my opponents graveyard but according to standard magic rules it should go to my graveyard.

  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    temporary steal (eg turn agianst) it goes into your
    graveyard. permanent steal (eg lay claim) it goes
    into your opponents graveyard.

    HH

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