Magnetic is not a spell nor a minion. When played to the left, it is simply a buff-card. It never hits the board, since you only buff a minion with it. It's a new card type that isn't affected by secrets at all, at least not the ones we have now. (except the secrets that are affected by how many cards you play like rat trap)
Maybe they change it in the future, but for now it works as intended.
Go to the search function in your collection and type in "minion". See any magnetic cards?
You clearly didn’t get his point. They are minions in the hand but when you use them on the left of a mech it’s an interaction never before seen in hearthstone. An interaction unlike a minion being played or a spell being played. Honestly this was a really lazy argument from someone who didn’t bother to try understand his meaning.
I think this was an oversight on Blizzard's behalf. Magnetic buffs should not be immune to secrets like Mirror Image and Explosive Rune which are triggered by minions AND immune to secrets like Counter Spell and Spell Bender which are triggered by spells.
It should be seen as a Minion or Spell IMO.
Hero cards I understand those not being triggered by secrets but this should not be compared to those.
Well, they never technically hit the board as a minion: they are treated as buffs.
They are minions and they are played. Lord Jaraxxus doesn't hit the board, either, but Mirror Entity will still summon a copy of him.
Magnetic is not a Battlecry, which is what Lord Jaraxxus' effect relies on. He is a two-step process: summon Lord J, then resolve the Battlecry.
One could argue that Magnetic is more like a Choose One: choose to summon the minion normally, or have it act as a pseudo-spell effect that buffs a mech on the table.
Exactly. You get it. I don't understand what's so hard or wrong about it. It makes sense. You cant trigger something for a buff. It's not like Lord J its something special.
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You clearly didn’t get his point. They are minions in the hand but when you use them on the left of a mech it’s an interaction never before seen in hearthstone. An interaction unlike a minion being played or a spell being played. Honestly this was a really lazy argument from someone who didn’t bother to try understand his meaning.
Explosive Rune doesn't work either :(
I think this was an oversight on Blizzard's behalf. Magnetic buffs should not be immune to secrets like Mirror Image and Explosive Rune which are triggered by minions AND immune to secrets like Counter Spell and Spell Bender which are triggered by spells.
It should be seen as a Minion or Spell IMO.
Hero cards I understand those not being triggered by secrets but this should not be compared to those.
Exactly. You get it. I don't understand what's so hard or wrong about it. It makes sense. You cant trigger something for a buff. It's not like Lord J its something special.