Blightcaster no longer triggering from token supports

bumstuff
bumstuff Posts: 20 Just Dropped In
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Blightcaster will no longer trigger from fabricate. investigate, or treasures.

I suspect that any effect that considers when a support enters play does not count token supports anymore. Not sure if this was intended, but it obviously makes Blightcaster useless.

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  • ManiiNames
    ManiiNames Posts: 213 Tile Toppler
    Aigh!  Please fix.
  • Kinesia
    Kinesia Posts: 1,621 Chairperson of the Boards
    Blightcaster was a useless card in Origins before these things were introduced. It is not overpowered or gamebreaking. (Even if you change it to "or -1/-1 for a token support" to stop future problems, don't leave it at 0.
  • Dologan
    Dologan Posts: 145 Tile Toppler
    Yes, please fix this. Why ruin a perfectly useful card?
  • HarryMason
    HarryMason Posts: 136 Tile Toppler
    I'm hoping it's just a bug since the wording on the card didn't change. Glad I'm not the only one that saw this .
  • Tilwin90
    Tilwin90 Posts: 662 Critical Contributor
    edited August 2018
    Unfortunately according to the card description this behavior is correct. Token supports are not cast, they just enter the battlefield.

    So probably after we get an official response there are two options
    1) Do nothing: the description matches the current behavior.
    2) Revert the change, and update the description to "Whenever a support enters the battlefield under your control, the first creature your opponent controls gets -2/-2 until the end of turn."

    Be it for me I am in favor of option 2 as it makes the card much more interesting and worth the attention of the players without being blatantly overpowered and oppressive.

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