Tenacious Dead returns from exile
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Description
[[Tenacious Dead]] returns to the battlefield even if it's exiled from the graveyard in response to the trigger. Correct behavior would be to allow the last controller to pay the cost of {1}{b} but not return Tenacious Dead if it has changed zones.
Not sure if similar cards work the same: Boneyard Scourge, Lim-Dûl the Necromancer, Reborn Hero, Relentless Dead.
Boneyard Scourge has this additional ruling:
> If Boneyard Scourge leaves your graveyard before its triggered ability resolves, it won’t be returned to the battlefield. (2017-08-25)
Googling suggests that this delayed trigger rule is the relevant one:
> 603.7c A delayed triggered ability that refers to a particular object still affects it even if the object changes characteristics. However, **if that object is no longer in the zone it’s expected to be in at the time the delayed triggered ability resolves, the ability won’t affect it.** (Note that if that object left that zone and then returned, it’s a new object and thus won’t be affected. See rule 400.7.)
Gamelog:
> 11:59 AM, T10.CD: Tenacious Dead [55b] died
> 11:59 AM, T10.CD: Opponent - Ability triggers: Tenacious Dead [55b] - When Tenacious Dead [55b] dies, you may pay 1B. If you do, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.
> 12:00 PM, T10.CD: Jipsu activates: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenging Ooze [8a1] and you gain 1 life. from Scavenging Ooze [8a1] targeting Tenacious Dead [55b]
> 12:00 PM, T10.CD: Jipsu moves [55b] from graveyard to the exile zone (source: [8a1])
> 12:00 PM, T10.CD: Jipsu gains 1 life (source: Scavenging Ooze [8a1])
> 12:00 PM, T10.CD: Opponent paid for Tenacious Dead [55b] - Pay 1B and return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control?
> 12:00 PM, T10.CD: Opponent puts Tenacious Dead [55b] from exile zone onto the Battlefield
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Tenacious Dead sequence from the gamelog, then inspect how its death trigger resolves after the card moves to exile. Compare the behavior with Boneyard Scourge, Lim-Dûl the Necromancer, Reborn Hero, and Relentless Dead; done means Tenacious Dead can still be paid for but is not returned after changing zones, with related cards checked.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- game-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100