Hostile Desert won't cast

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stikxs
stikxs Posts: 518 Critical Contributor
in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues
Playing the last entry in The Phyrexian Compleation event and I have https://mtgpq.info/cards/HostileDesert in my hand full of mana and enabled, but the spell icon is red like when https://mtgpq.info/cards/AzorTheLawbringer enters the battlefield and prevents spells for a turn. Only he hasn't been played, the only things played are Squee and Greg's tokens from the loyalty ability (my supports are https://mtgpq.info/cards/TriumphOfGerrardI-II and H2 loyalty).



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  • Tilwin90
    Tilwin90 Posts: 662 Critical Contributor
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    Did you have any deserts in your graveyard? 
  • Wolfbane
    Wolfbane Posts: 42 Just Dropped In
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    Good question,  playing Hostile Desert requires that you have other desert cards in your graveyard otherwise you'd be granting a 0/0 bonus.
  • Tilwin90
    Tilwin90 Posts: 662 Critical Contributor
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    Yes, thing is that MTGPQ card descriptions do not contain any specifications regarding being able to play a card or not. A good example of paper magic card that contains such a description is Hewed Stone Retainers that clearly specifies "Cast ~ only if you've cast another spell this turn".
    Another fine example is Feast of Blood that saw frequent play in Vampire decks but is literally useless otherwise.
  • Rhasget
    Rhasget Posts: 412 Mover and Shaker
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    Before the last update you could cast Hostile Desert without any deserts in the graveyard and thus give 0/0 but put a desert in the graveyard.
  • stikxs
    stikxs Posts: 518 Critical Contributor
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    I did not have any other deserts in that deck. It's a desert itself so I can work on subsequent copies of itself but it won't let you get the first one in the GY.

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