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Split cards do not have colors

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Split cards do not have colors array. They do, however, contain colorIdentity array.

Expected: colors array that includes all colors in the mana cost of the appropriate half and colorIdentity array that includes all colors in cost and text of both halves.

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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mr-jonixcommented, Oct 16, 2018

Here is what ‘Bound // Determined’ looks like right now:

{
            "artist": "Jim Nelson",
            "borderColor": "black",
            "colorIdentity": [
                "B",
                "G",
                "U"
            ],
            "convertedManaCost": 7.0,
            "foreignData": [],
            "frameVersion": "2003",
            "hasFoil": true,
            "hasNonFoil": true,
            "layout": "split",
            "legalities": {
                "1v1": "Legal",
                "commander": "Legal",
                "duel": "Legal",
                "legacy": "Legal",
                "modern": "Legal",
                "penny": "Legal",
                "vintage": "Legal"
            },
            "manaCost": "{G}{U}",
            "multiverseId": 107373,
            "name": "Determined",
            "names": [
                "Bound",
                "Determined"
            ],
            "number": "149",
            "originalText": "Sacrifice a creature. Return up to X cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of colors that creature was. Then remove this card from the game.",
            "originalType": "Instant",
            "printings": [
                "DIS"
            ],
            "rarity": "rare",
            "rulings": [
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The creature is sacrificed when Bound resolves. It’s not an additional cost. It’s not optional. If you can’t sacrifice a creature or a colorless creature is sacrificed, no cards are returned."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The cards in the graveyard that you return as part of Bound’s effect aren’t targeted. They’re chosen when the spell resolves. The creature you sacrificed may be one of them."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "After Determined resolves, any spells or abilities that would counter a spell you control that turn will still resolve. They just won’t counter that spell."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "Spells you control may be countered by spells or abilities while Determined is on the stack, waiting to resolve."
                }
            ],
            "subtypes": [],
            "supertypes": [],
            "text": "Other spells you control can't be countered this turn.\nDraw a card.",
            "type": "Instant",
            "types": [
                "Instant"
            ],
            "uuid": "9dc20e14-e304-4c14-a87b-322a76e214d5",
            "watermark": "simic"
        },
        {
            "artist": "Jim Nelson",
            "borderColor": "black",
            "colorIdentity": [
                "B",
                "G",
                "U"
            ],
            "convertedManaCost": 7.0,
            "foreignData": [],
            "frameVersion": "2003",
            "hasFoil": true,
            "hasNonFoil": true,
            "layout": "split",
            "legalities": {
                "1v1": "Legal",
                "commander": "Legal",
                "duel": "Legal",
                "legacy": "Legal",
                "modern": "Legal",
                "penny": "Legal",
                "vintage": "Legal"
            },
            "manaCost": "{3}{B}{G}",
            "multiverseId": 107373,
            "name": "Bound",
            "names": [
                "Bound",
                "Determined"
            ],
            "number": "149",
            "originalText": "Sacrifice a creature. Return up to X cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of colors that creature was. Then remove this card from the game.",
            "originalType": "Instant",
            "printings": [
                "DIS"
            ],
            "rarity": "rare",
            "rulings": [
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The creature is sacrificed when Bound resolves. It’s not an additional cost. It’s not optional. If you can’t sacrifice a creature or a colorless creature is sacrificed, no cards are returned."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The cards in the graveyard that you return as part of Bound’s effect aren’t targeted. They’re chosen when the spell resolves. The creature you sacrificed may be one of them."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "After Determined resolves, any spells or abilities that would counter a spell you control that turn will still resolve. They just won’t counter that spell."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "Spells you control may be countered by spells or abilities while Determined is on the stack, waiting to resolve."
                }
            ],
            "subtypes": [],
            "supertypes": [],
            "text": "Sacrifice a creature. Return up to X cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of colors that creature was. Exile this card.",
            "type": "Instant",
            "types": [
                "Instant"
            ],
            "uuid": "9dc20e14-e304-4c14-a87b-322a76e214d5",
            "watermark": "golgari"
        }

And what it should be like (IMO):

{
            "artist": "Jim Nelson",
            "borderColor": "black",
            "colors": [
                "U",
                "G"
            ],
            "colorIdentity": [
                "B",
                "G",
                "U"
            ],
            "convertedManaCost": 7.0,
            "foreignData": [],
            "frameVersion": "2003",
            "hasFoil": true,
            "hasNonFoil": true,
            "layout": "split",
            "legalities": {
                "1v1": "Legal",
                "commander": "Legal",
                "duel": "Legal",
                "legacy": "Legal",
                "modern": "Legal",
                "penny": "Legal",
                "vintage": "Legal"
            },
            "manaCost": "{G}{U}",
            "multiverseId": 107373,
            "name": "Determined",
            "names": [
                "Bound",
                "Determined"
            ],
            "number": "149",
            "originalText": "Sacrifice a creature. Return up to X cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of colors that creature was. Then remove this card from the game.",
            "originalType": "Instant",
            "printings": [
                "DIS"
            ],
            "rarity": "rare",
            "rulings": [
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The creature is sacrificed when Bound resolves. It’s not an additional cost. It’s not optional. If you can’t sacrifice a creature or a colorless creature is sacrificed, no cards are returned."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The cards in the graveyard that you return as part of Bound’s effect aren’t targeted. They’re chosen when the spell resolves. The creature you sacrificed may be one of them."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "After Determined resolves, any spells or abilities that would counter a spell you control that turn will still resolve. They just won’t counter that spell."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "Spells you control may be countered by spells or abilities while Determined is on the stack, waiting to resolve."
                }
            ],
            "subtypes": [],
            "supertypes": [],
            "text": "Other spells you control can't be countered this turn.\nDraw a card.",
            "type": "Instant",
            "types": [
                "Instant"
            ],
            "uuid": "9dc20e14-e304-4c14-a87b-322a76e214d5",
            "watermark": "simic"
        },
        {
            "artist": "Jim Nelson",
            "borderColor": "black",
            "colors": [
                "B",
                "G"
            ],
            "colorIdentity": [
                "B",
                "G",
                "U"
            ],
            "convertedManaCost": 7.0,
            "foreignData": [],
            "frameVersion": "2003",
            "hasFoil": true,
            "hasNonFoil": true,
            "layout": "split",
            "legalities": {
                "1v1": "Legal",
                "commander": "Legal",
                "duel": "Legal",
                "legacy": "Legal",
                "modern": "Legal",
                "penny": "Legal",
                "vintage": "Legal"
            },
            "manaCost": "{3}{B}{G}",
            "multiverseId": 107373,
            "name": "Bound",
            "names": [
                "Bound",
                "Determined"
            ],
            "number": "149",
            "originalText": "Sacrifice a creature. Return up to X cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of colors that creature was. Then remove this card from the game.",
            "originalType": "Instant",
            "printings": [
                "DIS"
            ],
            "rarity": "rare",
            "rulings": [
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The creature is sacrificed when Bound resolves. It’s not an additional cost. It’s not optional. If you can’t sacrifice a creature or a colorless creature is sacrificed, no cards are returned."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "The cards in the graveyard that you return as part of Bound’s effect aren’t targeted. They’re chosen when the spell resolves. The creature you sacrificed may be one of them."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "After Determined resolves, any spells or abilities that would counter a spell you control that turn will still resolve. They just won’t counter that spell."
                },
                {
                    "date": "2006-05-01",
                    "text": "Spells you control may be countered by spells or abilities while Determined is on the stack, waiting to resolve."
                }
            ],
            "subtypes": [],
            "supertypes": [],
            "text": "Sacrifice a creature. Return up to X cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of colors that creature was. Exile this card.",
            "type": "Instant",
            "types": [
                "Instant"
            ],
            "uuid": "9dc20e14-e304-4c14-a87b-322a76e214d5",
            "watermark": "golgari"
        }
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ZeldaZachcommented, Oct 17, 2018

Will have a fix up shortly.

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