Strategic Betrayal

Janosik
Janosik Posts: 903 Critical Contributor
in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues

Strategic Betrayal will not cast if your opponent has no cards in the graveyard

Strategic Betrayal will cast (but should not) if you decline to target a creature

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  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 228 Tile Toppler

    @Janosik said:
    Strategic Betrayal will not cast if your opponent has no cards in the graveyard

    Strategic Betrayal will cast (but should not) if you decline to target a creature

    Why shouldn't it cast without selecting a target? That's the usual behavior since exiling the opponent's graveyard isn't conditional on exiling a creature.

    It's like the example scenario as in the rules but with exile target creature instead of destroy target creature and exile the opponent's graveyard instead of create a zombie token.

    https://d3go.helpshift.com/hc/en/4-magic-puzzle-quest/faq/953-magic-puzzle-quest---gallery-of-rules-and-definitions/

    Effects - Conditional/Independent
    The difference between dependent and independent conditions is determined by text. The pattern adopted by design is that when an effect starts with a “Then” adverb, it means that this effect is conditioned by the success of the previous effect. So, when a card says “Destroy target creature. Then, create a Zombie token.”, the token is only gonna be created if a creature was destroyed by the previous effect. If that card said “Destroy target creature. Create a Zombie token.”, the token would be created whether a creature was destroyed by the previous effect or not.

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