Copies not playable until next turn... unless you're Jaya?

Magagumo
Magagumo Posts: 38 Just Dropped In
edited December 2018 in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues
Testing lvl 60 Jaya in Heroic Mode & RT after new patch, I noticed that the spell copies she creates using "Major Professional Destruction" are listed as copies but still are immediately castable on the turn they were created.  Was that intentional?

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  • Gun Bunny
    Gun Bunny Posts: 233 Tile Toppler
    Combing through the release notes, there's no mention of copied spells getting delayed, nor the reasoning behind it.

    Copied spells generated by Expansion get full mana when created, yet sit uselessly in my hand until the following turn.

    Is this behaving as intended, and if so, why does Jaya get a pass on this restriction.
  • stikxs
    stikxs Posts: 534 Critical Contributor
    Gun Bunny said:
    Combing through the release notes, there's no mention of copied spells getting delayed, nor the reasoning behind it.

    Copied spells generated by Expansion get full mana when created, yet sit uselessly in my hand until the following turn.

    Is this behaving as intended, and if so, why does Jaya get a pass on this restriction.
    It's in the bug fixes, but rather poorly worded. Basically it says copies shouldn't cast until next turn.

  • Laeuftbeidir
    Laeuftbeidir Posts: 1,841 Chairperson of the Boards
    Gun Bunny said:
    Combing through the release notes, there's no mention of copied spells getting delayed, nor the reasoning behind it.

    Copied spells generated by Expansion get full mana when created, yet sit uselessly in my hand until the following turn.

    Is this behaving as intended, and if so, why does Jaya get a pass on this restriction.
    It's hidden under bug fixes, quite close to the bottom and not furtherly explained

  • Gun Bunny
    Gun Bunny Posts: 233 Tile Toppler
    Okay, yeah, see it.

    Question now is precisely why this was an issue to begin with? I lurk this subforum quite a bit (which says just what a mess this game can be), and can't recall anyone complaining about this.

    Second question, of course, being the OP. Why the discrepancy?
  • Laeuftbeidir
    Laeuftbeidir Posts: 1,841 Chairperson of the Boards
    Gun Bunny said:
    Okay, yeah, see it.

    Question now is precisely why this was an issue to begin with? I lurk this subforum quite a bit (which says just what a mess this game can be), and can't recall anyone complaining about this.

    Second question, of course, being the OP. Why the discrepancy?
    I
     bet it's an attempt to prevent infinite loops. I see the necessity, but the implementation is very.. Well, the opposite of elegant. It looks like it was planned that way from the beginning (without making it clear since there are no rules for copies stated anywhere), but somehow the mechanic didn't know that either.

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