Actually, I never thought of minion battlecries this way. When it says "deal x damage", I always assume it speaks to the player, so I'm the one dealing the damage. Otherwise I would expect the wording to be "this deals x damage". But what you - and others in this thread as well - suggest makes a lot of sense. HS apperently always sets the minion as the default origin of the battlecry effect, the wording just isn't very clear about this fact. Too bad there isn't a rulebook where you can look such stuff up. Or is there?
The main thing I would point to is the animation showing a small fireball, or a beam of light, or a potion, be launched from the minion with the effect. Same as Ragnaros the Firelord. It doesn't say "At the end of your turn, *this* deals 8 damage to a random enemy", it just says "deal damage", and we can see the fireball get thrown from rag to the target. Most of the game is pretty intuitive like this. I would say the most misleading card would be khadgar, and even more so when you have 2. His effect is better described as "Whenever your cards summon a minion, summon a copy"
I get your point. But what is intuitive differs from person to person, based on their experiences, education and so on. In my line of work, I'm used to read premises thoroughly and literally and don't overvalue cosmetic stuff like animations. So for me, a card text like that is extremely counter-intuitive, even when used consistently throughout the game.
Anyway, I get that that's probably a problem only a small minority of players has, so I will just accept it.
Then they screwed up the wording at the very least. In comparison, Injured Blademaster says "Deal 4 damage to himself." That clarifies that the minion itself is the one dealing the damage. I would have no problem with Reckoning triggering on the Blademaster.
Also, flavourwise, Reckoning shouldn't even trigger on damage to my own characters at all. But that is a different story.
every battlecry minion that does damage is always the source of the damage dealt. if the battlecry of reckless apprentice does more than 3 damage for example he also triggers the secret bc he was using your heropower instead of you
Actually, I never thought of minion battlecries this way. When it says "deal x damage", I always assume it speaks to the player, so I'm the one dealing the damage. Otherwise I would expect the wording to be "this deals x damage". But what you - and others in this thread as well - suggest makes a lot of sense. HS apperently always sets the minion as the default origin of the battlecry effect, the wording just isn't very clear about this fact. Too bad there isn't a rulebook where you can look such stuff up. Or is there?
Then they screwed up the wording at the very least. In comparison, Injured Blademaster says "Deal 4 damage to himself." That clarifies that the minion itself is the one dealing the damage. I would have no problem with Reckoning triggering on the Blademaster.
Also, flavourwise, Reckoning shouldn't even trigger on damage to my own characters at all. But that is a different story.
I've just witnessed a possible glitch. My opponent in arena had Reckoning up, I played Injured Marauder and its battlecry triggered Reckoning and killed it. There's no way this works as intended, right? I mean, the card says "Deal 6 damage to this minion." So the marauder isn't the entity dealing the damage.
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I get your point. But what is intuitive differs from person to person, based on their experiences, education and so on. In my line of work, I'm used to read premises thoroughly and literally and don't overvalue cosmetic stuff like animations. So for me, a card text like that is extremely counter-intuitive, even when used consistently throughout the game.
Anyway, I get that that's probably a problem only a small minority of players has, so I will just accept it.
Ceterum censeo classum magi esse delendam.
Actually, I never thought of minion battlecries this way. When it says "deal x damage", I always assume it speaks to the player, so I'm the one dealing the damage. Otherwise I would expect the wording to be "this deals x damage". But what you - and others in this thread as well - suggest makes a lot of sense. HS apperently always sets the minion as the default origin of the battlecry effect, the wording just isn't very clear about this fact. Too bad there isn't a rulebook where you can look such stuff up. Or is there?
Ceterum censeo classum magi esse delendam.
Then they screwed up the wording at the very least. In comparison, Injured Blademaster says "Deal 4 damage to himself." That clarifies that the minion itself is the one dealing the damage. I would have no problem with Reckoning triggering on the Blademaster.
Also, flavourwise, Reckoning shouldn't even trigger on damage to my own characters at all. But that is a different story.
Ceterum censeo classum magi esse delendam.
I've just witnessed a possible glitch. My opponent in arena had Reckoning up, I played Injured Marauder and its battlecry triggered Reckoning and killed it. There's no way this works as intended, right? I mean, the card says "Deal 6 damage to this minion." So the marauder isn't the entity dealing the damage.
Ceterum censeo classum magi esse delendam.