Kraul Whipcracker (and other cards!) not destroying anything... sometimes

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Janosik
Janosik Posts: 770 Critical Contributor
edited 23 June 2025, 19:04 in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues

Kraul Whipcracker is not destroying anything when it comes into play

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  • Tremayne
    Tremayne Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards

    I played against it in QB and it worked as expected.

  • Janosik
    Janosik Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    @Tremayne said:
    I played against it in QB and it worked as expected.

    It's been suggested by another player that perhaps Whipcracker is trying to destroy the event support? Perhaps that's why it's worked for you in QB, but didn't work for me playing in Revolving Planeswalk

    I think @Xibvert has found it's working intermittently, too?

  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 196 Tile Toppler
    edited 20 June 2025, 14:28

    Yes. So far quick battle it always works, but for events with an event support it sometimes fails to destroy anything even though the opponent has a card in play it's able to destroy.

  • Tremayne
    Tremayne Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards

    I have also had problems outside of QB.

  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 196 Tile Toppler

    Yeah feels like it's sometimes randomly choosing the event support and then it can't destroy it so you don't get to destroy anything.

  • Janosik
    Janosik Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    I notice today that Echoes of Eternity is allowing me to target the event support in Colors of Magic, so maybe this is a wider event support problem that might affect many different cards.

    (I didn't try to destroy the event support with Echoes because I didn't want to risk a crash in CoM!)

  • Tremayne
    Tremayne Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 23 June 2025, 09:33

    I have had other strangeness going on with cards not activating or being unable to cast cards in the last few days. I can’t really tell what is going on.
    But Kraul is the most prominent identifier.

  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 196 Tile Toppler

    The event support targeting issue seems to apply to everything. It's been confirmed for several other effects that they're occasionally failing to destroy something when the effect can affect supports and there's an event support. Ray of Ruin, Demolition Field, and Ruthless Lawbringer to name a few.

    Echoes of Eternity is also having a targeting issue too but since it's selected and not random you can choose to crystalize an opposing event support.

  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 196 Tile Toppler

    @Magic:PQ Support Team you looking into this? It's seems to be a wide impact problem and not just a single card issue.

  • FCLedZep
    FCLedZep Posts: 50 Match Maker

    Can someone tell if this is fixed by the latest data push? They did something to the event support (Fixed: Event Permanent Supports interacting with Crystalize).

  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 196 Tile Toppler

    @FCLedZep said:
    Can someone tell if this is fixed by the latest data push? They did something to the event support (Fixed: Event Permanent Supports interacting with Crystalize).

    That fix seems to only stop you from being able to select an event support with crystalize to exile it rather than resolving the more general issue of effects trying to affect event supports.

  • Janosik
    Janosik Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    @Xibvert said:

    @FCLedZep said:
    Can someone tell if this is fixed by the latest data push? They did something to the event support (Fixed: Event Permanent Supports interacting with Crystalize).

    That fix seems to only stop you from being able to select an event support with crystalize to exile it rather than resolving the more general issue of effects trying to affect event supports.

    Today I was able to target and exile the event support in the Plague Control event, using Karn, Reflective Silver's "Silver Reflection" tokens

  • FCLedZep
    FCLedZep Posts: 50 Match Maker

    @Xibvert said:

    @FCLedZep said:
    Can someone tell if this is fixed by the latest data push? They did something to the event support (Fixed: Event Permanent Supports interacting with Crystalize).

    That fix seems to only stop you from being able to select an event support with crystalize to exile it rather than resolving the more general issue of effects trying to affect event supports.

    Thanks mate! 🙏 I noticed that I was still able to use the +2 ability of the Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker Vanguard while the only opposing support in play was the event support so that was already a bad sign.

  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 196 Tile Toppler

    @Janosik said:
    Today I was able to target and exile the event support in the Plague Control event, using Karn, Reflective Silver's "Silver Reflection" tokens

    That's okay Echoes of Eternity still has the defective version there it doesn't work on vanguards or any of your own supports. Maybe they want crystalize to be different for every effect that uses it even though they all use thr same description. I kind of like it as a Planeswalker ability. You have to be willing to play with PMA Karn to get it.

  • Janosik
    Janosik Posts: 770 Critical Contributor

    Anything being done about this? It's affecting any event with an event support

  • Xibvert
    Xibvert Posts: 196 Tile Toppler

    @Janosik said:
    Anything being done about this? It's affecting any event with an event support

    It's less of an issue when the only event support is under your control. Since it mostly gets in the way when you're trying to do things to opposing supports.

  • JTK421
    JTK421 Posts: 39 Just Dropped In

    This is also allowing Rakdos to trigger and get his reinforcement. He’ll keep growing even if the only thing in play is the event support

  • Machine
    Machine Posts: 908 Critical Contributor

    @Magic:PQ Support Team This is a major issue. It affects just about every event! ANY sign of communication would be greatly appreciated! Are you looking into this? When do you expect this to be fixed?

  • FCLedZep
    FCLedZep Posts: 50 Match Maker

    @Magic:PQ Support Team I totally agree with the former post of Machine! This bug effects many high profile cards so adequate action and communication will be highly appreciated.

  • ChewableTrash
    ChewableTrash Posts: 23 Just Dropped In

    Any update to this? Its been weeks and I haven’t heard a peep from Bugcore