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Closes #7302.

Defect

CR 303.4i:

If an effect attempts to put an Aura onto the battlefield attached to … an object or player that is undefined, the Aura remains in its current zone. … If the Aura is a token, it isn't created.

The engine did the opposite: it created the token hostless and let the CR 704.5m state-based action sweep it to a graveyard. That is observably different — the token existed for a beat, fired enters-the-battlefield triggers, and left a graveyard entry. resolve_attach_host's own doc comment already conceded this and named the issue.

Questing Cosplayer is the card that surfaced it, and it needed a parser fix too. "create a Questing Role token and attach it to target creature" is the ACTION surface of the same CR 303.7 relation Oracle otherwise prints as a STATE ("…token attached to target creature"). Only the state surface was recognised, so the token was built with no host at all and then swept.

Fix

  • parser/oracle_effect/token.rs — both printed surfaces go through one connector list and bind the same attach_to field, rather than becoming two code paths.
  • game/effects/token.rs — the propose step is gated: an Aura token whose instruction NAMED a host that nothing bound is not created. No propose, no replacement pipeline, no ETB triggers. Keyed on the resolved spec's subtypes, so a script-named token ("Cursed Role") is covered like a typed Effect::Token.

Class

Measured over all 35,399 distinct cards in client/public/card-data.json:

measurement result
cards whose parse changes 1 — Questing Cosplayer, attach_to: NoneTyped(Creature)
Aura-typed token specs in the shipped pool 48
of those, with no attach_to — before / after 1 / 0

So the parser half closes the shipped gap exactly, and the engine guard is the durable half rather than a second fix for the same card: it is what makes any future unbound Aura token follow CR 303.4i, and it covers the runtime case no parse measurement can show — a host that is named but fails to bind at resolution.

Counter-probe

With the guard disabled, an_aura_token_with_an_unbound_host_is_not_created fails on the battlefield census; the bound-host and ordinary-token rows stay green, which is also what keeps that negative assertion from being vacuous.

Behaviour change to existing coverage

Three rows in self_attached_aura_token_host.rs (from #7397) asserted the old create-then-sweep path — "the token gets no host". Their claim is unchanged and still asserted through the attachment census: an unresolvable host authority must never inherit the ability's chosen target. What they now assert about the token itself is the stronger CR 303.4i outcome, that it is not created. The tap reach guard in the shared runner keeps those negatives from passing vacuously.

Not covered

CR 303.4i's other half — a host that is DEFINED but cannot legally be enchanted. Host legality is owned by attach::attach_to / attach::attach_to_player, and routing that verdict back to this pre-propose gate is a separate change.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Aura tokens are no longer created when their required attachment host is undefined or illegal.
    • Invalid Aura tokens no longer enter play, change zones, or appear in creation history.
    • Supports token attachment wording such as “attached to” and “and attach it to.”
    • Preserves valid Aura attachments and unattached creation for ordinary tokens.
    • Applies attachment validation after replacement effects determine final token characteristics.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for valid, invalid, self-attached, player-targeted, and replacement-effect scenarios.

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  • crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs
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  • crates/engine/src/types/proposed_event.rs
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Aura token attachment guard

Layer / File(s) Summary
Represent token host request states
crates/engine/src/types/proposed_event.rs, crates/engine/src/game/..., crates/engine/tests/integration/...
TokenSpec.attach_to now distinguishes no request, a bound host, and an unresolved request. Token construction sites and fixtures use the explicit states.
Parse token attachment targets
crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/token.rs
Token parsing now supports both attachment connector forms. Table-driven tests cover attached and unattached tokens.
Guard unresolved Aura token creation
crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs, crates/engine/src/game/effects/attach.rs
The engine validates final Aura characteristics and requested hosts before it emits creation or battlefield-entry records. Invalid Aura tokens are removed without creation records.
Validate Aura token behavior
crates/engine/tests/integration/aura_token_attach_guard.rs, crates/engine/tests/integration/self_attached_aura_token_host.rs, crates/engine/tests/integration/main.rs
Integration tests cover valid and invalid hosts, unresolved player and object references, ordinary tokens, event records, and replacement-modified entrants.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e88b4

This PR prevents Aura tokens with unresolved named hosts from being created, but merge readiness is still moderate because the tests do not prove that denial leaves no creation record, and Aura tokens without an explicit host may still enter unattached instead of performing the required host choice, with stale token-tracking state potentially affecting later effects.

Suggested reviewers: matthewevans

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  participant TokenEffect
  participant ReplacementEffects
  participant AttachmentRules
  participant TokenJournal
  TokenEffect->>ReplacementEffects: materialize final token characteristics
  ReplacementEffects-->>TokenEffect: return token specification
  TokenEffect->>AttachmentRules: validate Aura attachment request
  AttachmentRules-->>TokenEffect: allow or deny token entry
  TokenEffect->>TokenJournal: emit records only for allowed entries
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In `@crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs`:
- Around line 610-617: Update the host_named_but_unbound Aura branch in the
token-resolution flow to clear state.last_created_token_ids and perform the same
consumed-count cleanup used by normal resolution before emitting EffectResolved
and returning. Add a chained regression starting with a nonempty
last_created_token_ids value that verifies the unresolved Aura token does not
expose the earlier batch through TargetFilter::LastCreated.

In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/token.rs`:
- Around line 456-476: Replace the incorrect CR 303.7 citations in the comments
around TOKEN_ATTACHMENT_CONNECTORS and parse_token_description_with_context with
the verified attachment-rule citation, including CR 303.4i for the documented
no-token outcome when the host is undefined. Keep the parsing behavior and
explanation unchanged.
- Around line 478-485: Update the token attachment parsing around
TOKEN_ATTACHMENT_CONNECTORS to use nom combinators instead of iterating with
TextPair::split_around: compose connector alternatives with alt and tag, apply
them through the lowercase bridge, then pass the matched suffix to the existing
parse_target flow while preserving the current attachment result behavior.

In `@crates/engine/tests/integration/aura_token_attach_guard.rs`:
- Around line 159-171: Replace the test
an_ordinary_token_without_a_host_is_still_created so it constructs a non-Aura
creature or artifact token with attach_to set to Some(creature_filter()) and no
bound target, then resolves it through the existing scenario action and stack
pipeline and asserts that the token is created unattached.
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Comment thread crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs Outdated
Comment on lines +610 to +617
if host_named_but_unbound && spec_is_aura(&spec) {
events.push(GameEvent::EffectResolved {
kind: EffectKind::from(&ability.effect),
source_id: ability.source_id,
subject: None,
});
return Ok(());
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Complete no-token resolution bookkeeping before returning.

This return leaves state.last_created_token_ids unchanged. A later TargetFilter::LastCreated sub-effect can then select tokens created by an earlier effect, although this token instruction created none. The return also skips the normal tracked-set cleanup after resolving a TrackedSetSize count.

Clear the created-token list and perform the required consumed-count cleanup before emitting EffectResolved. Add a chained regression that starts with a nonempty last_created_token_ids value and verifies that an unresolved Aura token cannot expose that earlier batch.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs` around lines 610 - 617, Update the
host_named_but_unbound Aura branch in the token-resolution flow to clear
state.last_created_token_ids and perform the same consumed-count cleanup used by
normal resolution before emitting EffectResolved and returning. Add a chained
regression starting with a nonempty last_created_token_ids value that verifies
the unresolved Aura token does not expose the earlier batch through
TargetFilter::LastCreated.

Comment thread crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/token.rs Outdated
Comment thread crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/token.rs
Comment on lines +159 to +171
/// The guard is scoped to Auras: an ordinary token that names no host is
/// untouched, so nothing about the common create-a-token path changes.
#[test]
fn an_ordinary_token_without_a_host_is_still_created() {
let mut board = board();
let before = board.runner.state().battlefield.len();
resolve(&mut board, aura_token_effect(None), vec![]);

assert_eq!(
board.runner.state().battlefield.len(),
before + 1,
"a token that names no host is created as before"
);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Test a non-Aura token for the guard boundary.

aura_token_effect(None) still creates an Enchantment Aura Role token. This test does not cover an ordinary token. It cannot detect a regression that suppresses every token with an unbound attach_to value.

Create a creature or artifact token with attach_to: Some(creature_filter()) and no bound target. Assert that it is created unattached through the scenario action and stack pipeline.

As per path instructions, integration tests must exercise the relevant production path and cover the claimed behavior.

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In `@crates/engine/tests/integration/aura_token_attach_guard.rs` around lines 159
- 171, Replace the test an_ordinary_token_without_a_host_is_still_created so it
constructs a non-Aura creature or artifact token with attach_to set to
Some(creature_filter()) and no bound target, then resolves it through the
existing scenario action and stack pipeline and asserts that the token is
created unattached.

Source: Path instructions

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@matthewevans matthewevans added the bug Bug fix label Aug 18, 2026

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Changes requested — the current head fixes only one half of CR 303.4i and bypasses the token-creation authority.

🔴 Blocker

[HIGH] The pre-proposal guard suppresses an unbound Aura before CreateToken replacement effects can transform it. Evidence: crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs:573-617 returns before the ProposedEvent::CreateToken proposal at :619-635; the replacement pipeline can change the entering token's characteristics, including Aura/non-Aura substitutions. Why it matters: a token that begins as an Aura may be replaced by a non-Aura token, so whether CR 303.4i prevents the actual entrant must be decided per token after replacements, not from the pre-replacement spec. Suggested fix: carry the host-binding result through the proposal and use the accepted-event, per-token entering-Aura legality gate used by crates/engine/src/game/effects/token_copy.rs:752-807.

[HIGH] The implementation explicitly leaves the defined-but-illegal-host half of the reported defect unfixed. Evidence: crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs:606-609 says a defined host that cannot legally be enchanted is a separate change, while CR 303.4i in docs/MagicCompRules.txt:1661 applies equally to an object or player the Aura "can't legally enchant" and to one that is undefined. Why it matters: #7302 requires both unbound and illegal hosts to suppress creation, so the PR still creates an Aura token that the rule says is not created. Suggested fix: have the same per-token gate consume the attachment legality result from attach::attach_to / attach::attach_to_player before recording entry.

🟡 Non-blocking, but required in the redesign

[MED] The early return skips the normal creation-tail cleanup. Evidence: crates/engine/src/game/effects/token.rs:610-617 returns before the cleanup path beginning at :649; CodeRabbit's current-head finding also identifies stale last_created_token_ids. Why it matters: a later TargetFilter::LastCreated can observe a prior batch although this instruction created none. Suggested fix: route the no-entry outcome through the normal tail or clear the created-token state and consume the tracked count before EffectResolved.

[MED] The parser documentation cites the Role rule for attachment semantics, and the new connector dispatch is hand-rolled rather than the required nom composition. Evidence: crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/token.rs:456-485 cites CR 303.7 and uses TextPair::split_around through iterator scanning; docs/MagicCompRules.txt:1673 defines the Role subtype, while :1661 is the relevant attachment/no-creation rule. Why it matters: the annotation is false evidence and the new parser branch bypasses the parser's combinator authority. Suggested fix: use the verified CR 303.4i citation where documenting this outcome, and parse the connector alternatives with alt((tag(...), tag(...))) through the lowercase nom bridge.

[MED] The new integration coverage invokes token::resolve directly and does not exercise Questing Cosplayer through its cast/ETB production path. Evidence: crates/engine/tests/integration/aura_token_attach_guard.rs:91-95 constructs ResolvedAbility and calls the resolver; :116-171 tests synthetic effects only. Why it matters: parser binding, target selection, replacement processing, and the actual card's ability pipeline are not proven together. Suggested fix: add a production-pipeline regression for Questing Cosplayer plus cases that discriminate an unbound host, an illegal defined host, and an Aura-to-non-Aura replacement.

The current CI and parse-diff evidence are still pending for head 2a319046d493ef1ed2694bc4af0784a913f4de34; they do not change the architecture blockers above.

Recommendation: rework this at the post-replacement, per-token entering-Aura authority, with production-pipeline coverage, then request re-review.

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Parse changes introduced by this PR · 13 card(s), 11 signature(s) (baseline: main b9f06c184d6c)

🟡 Modified fields (11 signatures)

  • 2 cards · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Food", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [Ar…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Food", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [Ar…
    • Affected (first 3): Peregrin Took, Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
  • 2 cards · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Treasure", power: None, toughness: None, core_types:…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Treasure", power: None, toughness: None, core_types:…
    • Affected (first 3): Jolene, the Plunder Queen, Xorn
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Clue", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [Ar…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Clue", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [Ar…
    • Affected (first 3): Case of the Pilfered Proof
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Frog", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_type…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Frog", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_type…
    • Affected (first 3): Quina, Qu Gourmet
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Map", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [Art…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Map", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [Art…
    • Affected (first 3): Worldwalker Helm
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Mutagen", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: …TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Mutagen", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: …
    • Affected (first 3): Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Soldier", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_t…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Soldier", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_t…
    • Affected (first 3): Queen Allenal of Ruadach
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Squirrel", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Squirrel", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_…
    • Affected (first 3): Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field additional token: TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Thopter", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_t…TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Thopter", power: Some(1), toughness: Some(1), core_t…
    • Affected (first 3): Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 card · 🔄 replacement/CreateToken · changed field ensure tokens: [TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Clue", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [A…[TokenSpec { characteristics: TokenCharacteristics { display_name: "Clue", power: None, toughness: None, core_types: [A…
    • Affected (first 3): Academy Manufactor
  • 1 card · 🔄 ability/Token · changed field token: Questing Role (Enchantment Aura Role)Questing Role (Enchantment Aura Role) attached
    • Affected (first 3): Questing Cosplayer

cuinhellcat and others added 2 commits August 18, 2026 19:25
…ed (phase-rs#7302)

CR 303.4i: "If an effect attempts to put an Aura onto the battlefield attached
to … an object or player that is undefined, the Aura remains in its current
zone. … If the Aura is a token, it isn't created." The engine did the opposite:
it created the token hostless and let the CR 704.5m state-based action sweep it
to a graveyard. That is observably different — the token existed for a beat,
fired enters-the-battlefield triggers, and left a graveyard entry.

Questing Cosplayer is the card that surfaced it, and it needed a parser fix too.
"create a Questing Role token AND ATTACH IT TO target creature" is the action
surface of the same CR 303.7 relation Oracle otherwise prints as a state
("…token ATTACHED TO target creature"); only the state surface was recognised,
so the token was built with no host at all and then swept.

Two parts:

* `parser/oracle_effect/token.rs` recognises both printed surfaces through one
  connector list, so both bind the same `attach_to` field rather than becoming
  two code paths.
* `game/effects/token.rs` gates the propose step: an Aura token whose
  instruction NAMED a host that nothing bound is not created — no propose, no
  replacement pipeline, no ETB triggers. Keyed on the resolved spec's subtypes,
  so a script-named token ("Cursed Role") is covered like a typed
  `Effect::Token`.

Measured over all 35,399 distinct cards in `client/public/card-data.json`:

* the parser half changes exactly ONE card's parse — Questing Cosplayer,
  `attach_to: None` -> `Typed(Creature)`;
* the shipped pool holds 48 Aura-typed token specs, of which Questing Cosplayer
  was the only one with no `attach_to`. After the parser half that count is 0.

The engine guard is therefore the durable half rather than a second fix for the
same card: it is what makes any FUTURE unbound Aura token follow CR 303.4i, and
it also covers the runtime case no parse measurement can show — a host that is
named but fails to bind at resolution.

Counter-probe: with the guard disabled,
`an_aura_token_with_an_unbound_host_is_not_created` fails on the battlefield
census while the bound-host and ordinary-token rows stay green.

Behaviour change to existing coverage: three rows in
`self_attached_aura_token_host.rs` asserted the old create-then-sweep path
("the token gets no host"). Their claim — that an unresolvable host authority
must never inherit the ability's chosen target — is unchanged and still
asserted through the attachment census; what they now assert on the token itself
is the stronger CR 303.4i outcome, that it is not created. The tap reach guard
in the shared runner keeps those negatives from passing vacuously.

Not covered: CR 303.4i's other half, a host that is DEFINED but cannot legally
be enchanted. Host legality is owned by `attach::attach_to` /
`attach::attach_to_player`, and routing that verdict back to this pre-propose
gate is a separate change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… 303.7

Two of the five review findings, both parser-side and independent of the
engine rework:

* CR 303.7 is the Role SUBTYPE rule ("Some Aura enchantments also have the
  subtype Role", `docs/MagicCompRules.txt:1673`). The relation this clause binds
  is CR 303.4 — "An Aura enters the battlefield attached to an object or
  player" — and the not-created outcome is CR 303.4i. Corrected at both the
  helper and the use site.
* The connector dispatch is a nom scan (`alt((tag(…), tag(…)))` tried at each
  word boundary) instead of testing two literals over the whole string. Besides
  matching the parser's combinator mandate this fixes an ordering hazard the
  literal list had: it now returns the connector that occurs FIRST in the text,
  where the list form would let a later " attached to " beat an earlier
  " and attach it to ".

The three engine findings — moving the CR 303.4i gate to the post-replacement
per-token authority, covering a defined-but-illegal host, and the
production-pipeline regression for Questing Cosplayer — are the rework and are
not in this commit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Both architecture blockers accepted — the guard is in the wrong layer, and I missed that this file already owns the right one.

commit_liminal_token_entry_with_post_actions already runs the CR 303.4g/i consult per token, after replacements, off entering_aura_hosts_projected, and un-creates through uncreate_unentered_aura_token with the anaphora slot republished. My pre-proposal guard duplicated a worse version of it in front of the replacement pipeline, and its early return is exactly why the created-token state went stale. The plain Effect::Token path finalizes through FinalizeTokenEntry rather than that seam, which is the gap to close — and closing it there gets the defined-but-illegal host for free, since legal_targets already carries legality.

That is a rework rather than a patch, so I am doing it properly rather than pushing a partial. Two of the five findings are done locally in the meantime:

  • CR 303.7 is the Role SUBTYPE rule (docs/MagicCompRules.txt:1673); the relation this clause binds is CR 303.4 and the outcome is CR 303.4i. Corrected everywhere I cited it.
  • The connector dispatch is now a nom scan (alt((tag(…), tag(…))) at each word boundary) instead of two literals tested over the whole string — which also fixes an ordering hazard the literal form had, since it now takes the connector that occurs FIRST rather than the one listed first.

Still to come on this branch: the gate moved to the post-replacement per-token authority, the illegal-host half, and a production-pipeline regression for Questing Cosplayer plus the unbound / illegal / Aura-to-non-Aura-replacement discriminators. I will push once those are in, so you review one coherent head.

…#7302)

Rework of the review's two blockers. The pre-propose guard is gone; the
verdict now sits at the plain-token apply seam, per token, on the object
that is actually entering.

Why the placement changed. CR 303.4i is a question about the ENTRANT, and
a CR 614 replacement effect may create something other than the Aura the
instruction described. A gate keyed on the pre-replacement spec answers
about the announcement instead, and suppresses a token the rule never
denied.

Why not `entering_aura_hosts_projected`, which the review named. That
resolver returns `NotApplicable` as soon as `aura_enchant_filter_of`
finds no enchant ability (zone_pipeline.rs), and a Role token has none —
its host lives in the effect, not in an ability. It is the right authority
for CR 303.4f, where the controller must CHOOSE a host, and it cannot
reach the class this issue is about. The gate reuses the authority that
does own the question instead: `attach::authority_is_aura` for Aura-ness
(CR 205.1a — a copy exception can add or remove the subtype, so it reads
characteristics), and `attach::can_attach_to_object` /
`can_attach_to_player` for "can't legally enchant" — the same verdict
`attach::attach_to` consumes when the attachment is applied a few lines
later, so gate and attachment cannot disagree about one host.

`TokenSpec.attach_to` becomes a three-state `TokenHostRequest`
(NotRequested / Bound / Unbound). `Option<AttachTarget>` conflated "named
no host" with "named one and nothing bound it", which is exactly the
distinction CR 303.4i turns on; the seam that had to tell them apart
could not.

Decide/act split, as in `token_copy.rs` and the liminal seam: the verdict
is settled before the CR 733 birth is journaled (append-only) and before
any observable event. A denied entry is rewound through the existing
`uncreate_unentered_aura_token` — no `TokenCreated`, no `ZoneChanged`, no
birth record, no `created_ids` row, nothing in a graveyard. The loop then
goes on to the next token of the count, so the normal tail runs and
publishes `last_created_token_ids = created_ids`: the stale-anaphora
finding is closed by construction rather than by a second cleanup path.

Behaviour change beyond the reported card: an Aura token whose defined
host cannot legally be enchanted is no longer created and swept. Its
enters-the-battlefield triggers and its "put into a graveyard from the
battlefield" trigger (Wicked Role, CR 111.10q) no longer fire, which is
what CR 303.4i says.

Coverage. Two rows cast a creature whose printed enters trigger creates
the Role and let it resolve: the chosen host gets its Role, and a host
that can't be enchanted gets no token. The negative row asserts the empty
`last_created_token_ids` slot, not just an empty board — without the gate
the token is created, refused by `attach_to`, swept by CR 704.5m and ended
by CR 111.7, leaving the same board. Building-block rows at the seam cover
the undefined host, CR 303.4h (a non-Aura token that names a host is
created unattached), and a post-replacement non-Aura entrant.

Counter-probe: with the gate disabled,
`an_aura_token_with_an_unbound_host_is_not_created` and
`a_defined_but_illegal_host_creates_no_token` both fail, the latter on
`got [ObjectId(4)]`; the three unbound rows in
`self_attached_aura_token_host.rs` fail with them. Every positive row
stays green.

Not covered:
* CR 303.4f — an Aura token that names NO host, where the controller would
  choose. That consult belongs to the entry pipeline, which this seam does
  not reach. Every Aura-typed token spec in the shipped pool names a host,
  so no card reaches the arm.
* A bound host that has ceased to exist by resolution.
  `attachment_illegality` does not evaluate the host's zone, so it reads as
  legal here exactly as it did before. Unchanged, pre-existing.
* No shipped-card fixture replay of Questing Cosplayer. The fixture stores
  the export's pre-baked parse, which the card-data pipeline regenerates,
  so a replay would assert the OLD parse. The Oracle-text rows parse the
  same printed sentence with the parser under test.

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Reworked at the post-replacement, per-token authority. New head e88b4d966.

[HIGH] pre-propose guard bypasses replacements — accepted, removed. The verdict now sits inside the per-token loop of apply_create_token_after_replacement_with_created_ids, after materialize_token_spec_body (so it reads the entrant's characteristics) and before the CR 733 birth is journaled. A denied entry rewinds through the existing uncreate_unentered_aura_token.

Not entering_aura_hosts_projected, and why. It returns NotApplicable as soon as aura_enchant_filter_of finds no enchant ability (zone_pipeline.rs:2229). A Role token has none — its host lives in the effect, not in an ability — so that resolver cannot reach this class; it is the CR 303.4f controller-chooses authority, which is a different rule with a different disposition. The gate consumes the authority that does own the question: attach::authority_is_aura (CR 205.1a — a copy exception can add or remove the subtype, so it reads characteristics, not the effect's types) and attach::can_attach_to_object / can_attach_to_player — the same verdict attach::attach_to consumes when the attachment is applied twenty lines later, so gate and attachment cannot disagree about one host.

[HIGH] defined-but-illegal host — accepted, closed by that same call. Covered end to end by a_defined_but_illegal_host_creates_no_token.

[MED] skipped creation tail / stale last_created_token_ids — accepted. There is no early return any more: a denied token continues the loop, and the normal tail publishes last_created_token_ids = created_ids, so only tokens actually created appear. Asserted directly.

[MED] parser CR citation + hand-rolled connector — done in 895fc5651: CR 303.7 → CR 303.4/303.4i, and the connector is alt((value(…, tag(…)), value(…, tag(…)))) scanned at word boundaries.

[MED] production coverage — added. questing_cosplayers_role_enters_attached_to_the_chosen_target and a_defined_but_illegal_host_creates_no_token cast the creature and let its printed enters trigger resolve. The unbound-host discriminator through the production pipeline already exists in self_attached_aura_token_host.rs (RoleChain activates a real ability whose host authority names nothing) and is not duplicated.

TokenSpec.attach_to is now a three-state TokenHostRequest (NotRequested / Bound / Unbound). Option<AttachTarget> conflated "named no host" with "named one and nothing bound it" — the exact distinction CR 303.4i turns on.

Counter-probe

With the gate disabled, a_defined_but_illegal_host_creates_no_token fails on got [ObjectId(4)] and an_aura_token_with_an_unbound_host_is_not_created fails; the three unbound rows in self_attached_aura_token_host.rs fail with them. Every positive row stays green.

The negative row deliberately asserts the empty last_created_token_ids slot rather than only an empty board: without the gate the token is created, refused by attach_to, swept by CR 704.5m and ended by CR 111.7 — the same board either way. Board-only assertions here are vacuous.

Behaviour change beyond the reported card

An Aura token whose defined host can't legally be enchanted is no longer created and swept, so its enters-the-battlefield triggers and its "put into a graveyard from the battlefield" trigger (Wicked Role, CR 111.10q) no longer fire. That is what CR 303.4i says.

Not covered

gap why
CR 303.4f — an Aura token naming NO host, where the controller would choose that consult belongs to the entry pipeline, which this seam does not reach; every Aura-typed token spec in the shipped pool names a host, so no card reaches the arm
a bound host that has ceased to exist by resolution attachment_illegality does not evaluate the host's zone, so it reads as legal here exactly as before — unchanged, pre-existing
a fixture replay of the shipped Questing Cosplayer the fixture stores the export's pre-baked parse, which the card-data pipeline regenerates, so a replay would assert the OLD parse; the Oracle-text rows parse the same printed sentence with the parser under test

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Maintainer fixup 0e076a8c65749615156766cad8a4b89edffbc259 is pushed after the current-head review. Held pending current-head evidence: fresh CI, the SHA-bound <!-- coverage-parse-diff --> artifact, and CodeRabbit feedback for this head. No approval or merge-queue action will be taken until those settle.

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Approved: current-head implementation clears the CR 303.4i Aura-token entry cases at the post-replacement token authority, with the required boundary regressions and current required checks.

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Questing Cosplayer's Role token vanishes — no CR 303.4i guard on the Effect::Token path

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