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I'm thinking this is a wording issue, but I want to hear what others think.
Problem - Lightshow is not triggering spell cast upcounts when the spell is generated from other sources (for instance, the Battlecry of a Nagaling created by School Teacher )
Likely solution - The wording of Lightshow rather uniquely says, "Shoot one more for each Lightshow YOU'VE cast this game.", implying that the spell must actually originate in its native form in your hand to trigger the upcount.
Ergo - Discover effects will still work, as they add copies of or the actual spell to your hand for you to cast... but Nagaling, Rommath, and a veritable mountain of Wild effects won't.
I remember way back when Yogg Saron was initially introduced and it had similar queries since itself cast the spells - not the player. Light Show probably has a check for the player themselves casting the spell, not how many times the card itself has been played from one side of the board
It's how its suppose to work. Nagaling cast it, not you.
2023. hearthstone players STILL don't know how basic mechanics works.
Let me ask you a question.
You have Wild Pyromancer on board. And you play Yogg-Saron, Hope's End How many instances of 1 dmg will Wild pyro deal? Because this is the same situation. Something casts spell for you, and you expect to get benefits
It's not a unique wording at all but yeah you pretty much figured it out
2023. And still some HS players don't know that not all of us dedicate our life to this game and every card interaction it has ever had, have missed large chunks of the game over the years because we actually have a life, and can't answer a simple question without being a condescending douche bag.
Let me ask you a question... did replying like this make you feel better about yourself? Like you "told" someone? Like you're some big shot, because you know the rules of an online card game better than someone else?
If so... you probably need to re-evaluate your life choices. They suck, and so do you.
Oireal managed to impart the exact same information you did, and they did it without being a piece of crap.
Its 2023 and so many people out there dont give a fart about a smartphone game. Not to forget the sorry souls that just recently started playing this "game".
Vexallus doenst work with Archmage Vargoth, if he casts a Arcane Spell. It doenst cast twice.
It's not the same situation. By that logic, why do I, the player, get overloaded for Overload spells cast by my Yogg? Or better yet, why do I get overloaded for spells cast BY MY Nagaling?
And if you don't like that example, here's a fun fact: A Lightshow that is cast by Archmage Vargoth DOES increase the increment on the card by one. Why is that? The card specifically says 'YOU'VE cast this game'. Could it be that 'basic mechanics' doesn't really mean anything? Because Vargoth either makes you (the player) cast it twice and doesn't cast it himself, in which case Vexallus should also work like the previous poster said, OR he casts it himself in which case the increment shouldn't go up. Either way you put it, something is wonky.
OP's question was fair for someone who didn't want to waste a loss on experimenting with funny mechanics encouraged by funny wording in a card game that's famous for being consistently inconsistent.
If you didnt played Lightshow but play Stargazing on turn 5 followed by the lightshow you draw, it should deal 10 not 8 dmg wtf is shizzard cooking again
Owned
It works exactly as intended and this isn't a new thing with the "you've cast" text, but I wouldn't mind seeing it changed to count all instances of lightshow, given that the entire idea behind the card is to cast as many as possible. The situation doesn't happen in every game, but things like nagaling, Vexallus (a card released in the very same set), Stargazing double cast, Void Scripture don't count. And of course the big important card that goes into any lightshow deck: Grand Magister Rommath.
It's tricky though, if you change it to "shoot one more for each lightshow cast this game" this would imply that enemy lightshows would increase your own count.
I think the card is working as intended and the wording is right, by "You" means the player, hence Rommath, Yogg-Saron, Vargoth or whatver other card who cast it for you doesnt count as being casted for you.
The Vargoth interaction may be because he casts a copy of something you already cast that turn. So the coding might just repeat the spell as it was when cast, which may include a value indicating it was cast by the player and not another source. If that’s the case, the counter for a spell like Lightshow would tick up one because of that particular value being included.
But that’s just a theorizing. A GAME theorizing!
Nothing wrong with the cards text to mechanic (I'd say at least, like most people here it seems), But would I wish that the card was self upgrading like jade golems and the new paladin ones (as OP suggested). The card just isn't cutting it with the way it works...