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Hey, thanks for the report. We are aware and looking into this issue. We will be scanning data for players exploiting this issue, and we will be temp/perma banning as appropriate.
Edit: This bug should now be fixed; sorry for the disruption! (You may need to restart to pick up the fix if you are actively playing now)
Why is it ban worthy if it’s in the game and no cheating is required?
As others have said, because exploiting obvious bugs in order to abuse other players is considered cheating, and it is not tolerated. We will use a bit of a grace (won't ban everyone who got even 1 win off a deck like this), but players who are repeatedly using a deck built to exploit this and get an artificially high winrate know exactly what they're doing.
What about players who didn't know about the bug? Will i get banned simply because the bug happened? Ill admit it happened twice because the first time i thought it was something either i or an opponent played.
When reviewing player records for issues like this, we allow a bit of grace so that players like you describe are not caught up in the search. This isn't about "Zero tolerance; you did it once and you're banned". We look to understand the difference between an innocent player who was surprised by the bug and someone who is clearly exploiting.
It sounds nuanced, but it's not usually hard to tell the difference - Did you use a deck that abuses the bug in 5-10 games with a ~50% winrate? Probably not exploiting then. Did you play 50+ games with a 65% winrate? Yeah, you knew what you were doing.
Should i try to not play my convoke Buxton deck until this bug is patched? I had that happen to me right now with Wylie duke atiin hero and don't want to that as exploit. My deck is full of cards who are triggering tapped and convoke is the deck style
Until we get this fixed, I would hold off on playing that deck, unfortunately. Though you might be playing innocently, it could still be exploiting the issue. We are working to fix this soon
I’ve played my Rip spawn hunter deck in brawl and the bug happened 3 times the first two times I conceded cause I thought it was going to draw my deck and I was going to lose. The third time I let it play out cause I wanted to see if it actually would and it stopped about 27 cards I won that game and haven’t played it in since. I’m hoping that’s good enough.
You should be fine, yes. That behavior would clearly look non-exploitive in the way we check