In Progress Cataclysm vs Sacred Ground, lands are not returned to play

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misteriggins

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In the Premodern challenge this afternoon, I cast a Cataclysm when my opponent had a Sacred Ground and several other enchantments in play. Opponent selected their permanents for Cataclysm and did NOT select Sacred Ground as their enchantment. The Cataclysm then resolved, but Sacred Ground did not trigger to return opponent's lands to play. We both thought it worked in their favor and their lands should have returned to play.

Is this the intended behavior, or is this a bug?
 
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DrBill

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Definitely a bug. Sacred Ground should return all lands back into play that were sacrificed to a Cataclysm, regardless if Sacred Ground remains on the battlefield or itself is sacrificed as part of the Cataclysm resolving.

Sacred Ground is currently bugged with any cards that require choosing a card to sacrifice, such as Cataclysm, Smokestack, Braids Cabal Minion, etc. MTGO treats the sacrifice as though "you are choosing the card(s) to sacrifice" instead of an opponent's card forcing you to make a choice to sacrifice, and thus since "you are choosing the card(s) to sacrifice", Sacred Ground would not trigger.

This has been a bug for at least 2 years without any signs of being fixed.
 
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