Deafening clarion-- won't cast without friendly creatures [Investigating]

Magagumo
Magagumo Posts: 38 Just Dropped In
edited November 2018 in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues
Deafening clarion sends written as board removal, but it won't cast from hand unless you have friendly creatures to give lifelink to...

Should be playable without friendly creatures.

//Edited Title -Brigby

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  • Azerack
    Azerack Posts: 501 Critical Contributor
    Yes, can there either be an update of the text (put the last part first) or fix the card, please?
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    This is a standard issue Oktagon cards have.  They often get confused between additional costs and additional effects (when the effects are non-targeted).

    Additional costs (like sacrificing a creature for Thud) means that there must be a valid target to cast.
    Additional targeted effects (target creature you control gets +1/+1) must have a valid target to be cast (in paper this us usually circumvented by wording it as "up to one target creature" instead)
    Additional effects (like "all your creatures gain lifelink") should happen regardless of how many creatures you control.  Instead, in MTGPQ it almost never does.

    We go over this every single set that comes out, since there is always a card or 2 that does not work as expected (Fraying Omnipotence in M19, Doomfall in HOU...ect).  Maybe someday it'll get figured out.

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