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Add confirmation/notice/exemption for autopay if cannibal mana sources would sacrifice things

Open Vhati opened this issue 3 months ago • 2 comments

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Master of Dark Rites (master_of_dark_rites.txt) is a restricted-purpose mana dork that requires a sacrifice to activate. If I cast something and click the "Auto" pay button. Master may tap, and a creature will disappear, with no prompt to choose which creature, no prompt to confirm, no notice that it happened.

Ashnod's Altar (ashnods_altar.txt) does this too. Doesn't even indicate its involvement by tapping.

I've not tried Squandered Resources (squandered_resources.txt). Eats land. Seems dangerous.

Maybe that's expected behavior—it is AUTO after all—akin to auto popping Blood Pet and Treasure tokens. And mana abilities don't go on the stack, so that's a non-starter for notification.

It's just not great to be surprised that something died, then have to check the graveyard and piece together why.

I'd be better if cannibalistic mana sources were excluded from auto pay consideration.

I've seen mana sources that don't enable the Auto button, though I don't know how they do it. Blacker Lotus (blacker_lotus.txt) which gets removed from the match. IIRC Nyx Lotus (nyx_lotus.txt) which requires the player to choose a color to calculate payout.

They could at least do a log message, as Blacker Lotus does. Hopefully they're able to format that message with the sacrificed permanent's name.

To Reproduce

  1. Have one of these mana sources in play. And another creature.
  2. In your hand, click a card whose cost would require the additional mana the source would provide.
  3. Click "Auto".
  4. That other creature will be quietly sacrificed.

Operating System 2.0.07-snapshot-11.14 on Android 15.

Vhati avatar Nov 16 '25 07:11 Vhati