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Very meh. I wonder if the name thing is just a side effect of how they had to word the effect (for coding reasons?) or an intentional decision.
Very meh. I wonder if the name thing is just a side effect of how they had to word the effect (for coding reasons?) or an intentional decision.
I mean, obviously the design started out as "destroy each permanent that dealt damage to you last turn.". But the real obstacle was UX, not implementation.
If we went with that text, players would have to be able distinguish otherwise identical permanents that dealt damage to players the previous turn - they'd have to unstack, and you'd have to be able to somehow tell which stack was which.
And this would have to happen in EVERY game of Arena, lest you get improperly informed as to whether Herald of Vengeance is in the game! #wotc_staff
But it's digital-only design space yeah? Does it matter if the computer handles it for you? Assuming you're thinking to yourself "which one would this kill among this stack of tokens", it doesn't matter which 1/1 is killed. If they had any distinguishing characteristics like a counter or a perpetual text, they shouldn't be stacked with the rest.
Maybe an implementation of the arrow system could've been used? If you hover in your hand it will tell you what it will target.
What if:
you suspect your opponent has a Herald of Vengeance
you attacked them with two otherwise identical creatures, but only one dealt damage to them
you have some reason to distinguish them, e.g. the ability to put a shield counter on one of them
We do not have a good way of communicating to players "this is the one that would be destroyed by Herald of Vengeance". In fact, we don't even "break up the stack" at all - they'll be presented to you in a pile. #wotc_staff
The only scenario I can think of is....you get attacked, and later the enemy buffs one/some of those creatures...(and they could all be untapped(vigilance tokens) or he later tapped untapped ones...so you're sitting there wanting to kill the buffed creature, but not sure if it was the one that hit you.
But....they have made many cards that say "destroy each creature that dealt damage to you"....so they can't fix those if they are already in arena...
I think Arena currently does not support any cards that read "that dealt" or similar text. I welcome a counterexample though! #wotc_staff