Creature Shuffling (Bug or Bad Design?)

SkywalterDBZ
SkywalterDBZ Posts: 8 Just Dropped In
edited February 2016 in MtGPQ General Discussion
Is anyone else finding the "shuffling" of creature positions annoying? It almost feels like is should be a bug, but it's clearly got structure (Attackers in "last" position, defenders in "first") so I'm guessing its just poor design.

I'm still using quite a few starter cards, one of which is Brawler's Plate, but this card combined with the Attacker and Defender type creatures in my deck often results in me killing MY OWN creatures or in not killing enemy creatures when prior to my card play, they would have. I'm not sure what other cards/combinations result in this behavior, but I feel like once a card is played, it should remain in its position regardless (or we should be able to choose targets perhaps, though clunky).

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    This issue has been brought up in a couple of Feedback/Suggestion threads and seems to be universally reviled.
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,267 Chairperson of the Boards
    I wouldn't mind the shuffling if I knew the arcane rules/sort order being followed.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    madwren wrote:
    I wouldn't mind the shuffling if I knew the arcane rules/sort order being followed.

    ...or this, yeah.
  • Barkenspyder
    Barkenspyder Posts: 10 Just Dropped In
    I can't tell if this is poor design or a bug, either. It's a cruel surprise when you summon a new creature, it takes the bottom slot, stealing the support buff(s) from your own 12/5 creature, and killing it.
  • Irgy
    Irgy Posts: 148 Tile Toppler
    Best I can work out is it's (bottom to top)
    defender < vigilance < attacker < beserker
    with the order they're played as a tiebreaker.

    Things gaining or losing the above abilities may cause a swap. I've never seen anything inconsistent with this but there may be more to it (particularly more order affecting abilities)

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