Could Not Reproduce Modal Cards Cant Be Cast

[GwennieMacrae]

What sucks about this bug is that apparently no one knows what makes it happen and every time it's brought up it's dismissed as "cannot reproduce" since it obviously doesn't always happen. But I do absolutely promise that it IS an issue.

I've lost a few games now because the game wouldn't allow me to cast a modal card. I click the option I want, but the "cast" will remain greyed, preventing me from ever actually casting it.

The "workaround" of clicking the lost option and then trying to click another option has never worked as far as I've seen.

This VERY often happens with the chat window as well. I wont be able to respond or say anything in chat as the "send" will be greyed. I'm actually very rarely able to talk. My send button will randomly become white again at times and I can talk for a brief window before it goes grey again.

Other threads that were dismissed referring to this same issue:

https://forums.mtgo.com/index.php?threads/drown-in-the-loch-not-working.2424/#post-6510

https://forums.mtgo.com/index.php?threads/modal-dialogs-get-stuck-for-minutes.2365/#post-6318

https://forums.mtgo.com/index.php?threads/cannot-cast-modal-cards-even-with-open-mana-with-cards-such-as-thraben-charm-and-requisition-raid.2252/

https://forums.mtgo.com/index.php?threads/client-wouldnt-let-abrade-be-cast.2124/#post-5582

 

[GwennieMacrae]

For real, im not trying to trip but I do 110% promise beyond the shadow of any doubt that this most definitely IS a thing that does happen. I believe it's not easily reproduced. It only happens to me every now and then as well but it DOES happen and it can totally mess up a game.

There's def a bunch of other threads and people within those threads confirming this IS an issue.

 

[Torbin]

Tag applied: Could Not Reproduce
Testing applied: Multiplayer game state reproduction.
Test Results: Both nontoken creature and the planeswalker options from Sheoldred's Edict could be chosen, cast and then resolve.

 

[GwennieMacrae]

Tag applied: Could Not Reproduce
Testing applied: Multiplayer game state reproduction.
Test Results: Both nontoken creature and the planeswalker options from Sheoldred's Edict could be chosen, cast and then resolve.

Yeah darn. I'm not sure what else to say. I do believe its not easily reproduced. Modal cards work for me about 90% of the time or so but I do promise I'm not making this up and it does definitely happen and it has cost me games.

There's been a number of other threads about this. IDK exactly what makes it happen but it DOES happen and can absolutely be a game loss when you can't answer a threat you should be able to answer.

I just hope it can be looked into more as it 100% definitely IS a thing even if it doesn't happen that often.

 

[Neo001992]

I would like to chime in here and say that people I know have messaged/told me a number of times saying that this has been happening to them playing commander lately. I can't make people post on the forums, and I don't have the event/game #s to share for them, but Jeska's Will, Abrade, Pick Your Poison, and Bushwhack not letting them select a mode at all are things I've received complaints about.

Like GwennieMacrae referenced in this thread, and as I myself have pointed out in some of those referenced threads, there definitely seems to be an intermittent crippling bug in the client that will occasionally make spells requiring a choice upon cast be completely unusable. Obviously this can drastically alter how a game may play out when it occurs.

I don't want to go digging back into discord groups/messages for all of the examples, but I do happen to have one screenshot I was sent very recently that didn't require more than a little scrolling. Player reported that trying to select the other mode didn't help, and that canceling the prompt and trying to cast the spell again didn't change the outcome.

https://imgur.com/a/kINhDeC