Fix Sword of the Meek - #7557
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Sword of the Meek returned from the graveyard but never equipped the entering 1/1. "…return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that creature" lowered BOTH operands of the nested `Attach` onto the same trigger-event anaphor (`ParentTarget`), so the effect asked to attach the entering creature to itself — a guaranteed no-op under CR 301.5c, silently swallowed. CR 400.7j lets the rest of an effect find the object it just moved to a public zone, so the bare-"it" attachment names the returned card. The codebase already encodes that as `SelfRef` under `forward_result`, and `lower::rewire_result_anchored_subchain` already rebinds it for one recipient encoding (`LastCreated`, Ratonhnhaké꞉ton). Widen that predicate to also accept the collapsed encoding — recipient node equal to the attachment node — with the attachment allow-list hoisted so a `SelfRef`/`SelfRef` pair can never reach the identity test. The fixed parse is shape-identical to Dragon Breath and Smoke Shroud. Full-corpus differential against the base export: exactly two `Attach` nodes change (sword of the meek, auriok survivors), only the `attachment` field, zero `forward_result` changes.
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change broadens attachment rebinding for returned Equipment, but Auriok Survivors coverage still preserves a self-attachment/no-attachment path without demonstrating the intended attachment semantics. That leaves a concrete bounded correctness risk in the current head, so merge should wait for the behavior to be clarified and tested or explicitly accepted. Possibly related PRs
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In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/lower.rs`:
- Around line 2246-2249: In the safety comment above the rebinding logic,
replace the citation to CR 704.5p for attempted self-attachment by other
permanent types with CR 701.3b, preserving the existing citations and no-op
reasoning for Equipment, Fortifications, and Auras.
In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/tests.rs`:
- Around line 47527-47563: Fix the recipient lowering for “this creature” in
Auriok Survivors so it resolves to the Auriok Survivors source rather than the
returned Equipment, then add an integration test that resolves the ETB trigger
through the production pipeline and verifies the Equipment attaches to Auriok
Survivors. Replace the shape-only test
attach_just_moved_collapsed_recipient_anaphor_auriok_survivors_shape_only
instead of retaining an assertion that permits self-attachment.
In `@crates/engine/tests/integration/issue_4956_gift_of_immortality_reattach.rs`:
- Around line 1410-1437: Update drain_priority to report whether it encountered
WaitingFor::EffectZoneChoice before consuming it, then capture that result at
the test call site and assert the result is false. Keep the existing battlefield
and attachment assertions as the positive reach-guard, and use them alongside
the new negative assertion to ensure the Attach path was reached.
- Around line 1396-1410: Replace the direct zones::move_to_zone calls and manual
process_triggers handling in the affected test scenarios with the existing
scenario or GameAction flow that creates and resolves ProposedEvent::ZoneChange.
Apply this to the graveyard, battlefield, and death transitions, including the
related sections, while preserving the existing assertions and priority draining
behavior.
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| /// Shape-only sibling of the test above — **no behavioral claim**. Auriok | ||
| /// Survivors' recipient operand ("attach it to *this creature*") is a separate, | ||
| /// unfixed misparse: it lowers to `ParentTarget` where `SelfRef` is correct, so | ||
| /// the card self-attaches (a CR 301.5c no-op) both before and after this | ||
| /// rebind. Only the attachment operand is asserted here. | ||
| #[test] | ||
| fn attach_just_moved_collapsed_recipient_anaphor_auriok_survivors_shape_only() { | ||
| let parsed = parse_oracle_text( | ||
| AURIOK_SURVIVORS_ORACLE, | ||
| "Auriok Survivors", | ||
| &[], | ||
| &["Creature".to_string()], | ||
| &["Human".to_string(), "Soldier".to_string()], | ||
| ); | ||
| assert!( | ||
| !ability_or_trigger_has_unimplemented(&parsed), | ||
| "Auriok Survivors must parse with zero Unimplemented in its abilities/triggers" | ||
| ); | ||
| let execute = parsed | ||
| .triggers | ||
| .iter() | ||
| .find_map(|t| t.execute.as_deref()) | ||
| .expect("ETB trigger"); | ||
| let (parent, attach) = | ||
| find_attach_under(execute, is_battlefield_move).expect("Attach under the return"); | ||
| assert!( | ||
| parent.forward_result, | ||
| "the return must forward the moved Equipment to the Attach sub" | ||
| ); | ||
| let Effect::Attach { attachment, .. } = &*attach.effect else { | ||
| unreachable!("find_attach_under only returns Attach nodes"); | ||
| }; | ||
| assert_eq!( | ||
| *attachment, | ||
| TargetFilter::SelfRef, | ||
| "'it' names the returned Equipment (CR 400.7j), not the host slot" | ||
| ); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Fix the Auriok Survivors recipient before retaining this regression test.
The comment states that this creature still lowers to the wrong recipient and causes the returned Equipment to attach to itself. This is incorrect card behavior. Rule 400.7j lets the effect find the returned Equipment, and rule 301.5c prohibits an Equipment from equipping itself. (media.wizards.com)
Fix the recipient lowering so it resolves to Auriok Survivors. Then add an integration test that resolves the ETB trigger through the production pipeline and proves the returned Equipment is attached to Auriok Survivors. Do not retain a shape-only assertion that accepts the known self-attachment result.
As per path instructions, “a parser AST shape test does NOT prove runtime semantics.” Based on learnings, engine MTG behavior must follow verified Comprehensive Rules.
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In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/tests.rs` around lines 47527 - 47563,
Fix the recipient lowering for “this creature” in Auriok Survivors so it
resolves to the Auriok Survivors source rather than the returned Equipment, then
add an integration test that resolves the ETB trigger through the production
pipeline and verifies the Equipment attaches to Auriok Survivors. Replace the
shape-only test
attach_just_moved_collapsed_recipient_anaphor_auriok_survivors_shape_only
instead of retaining an assertion that permits self-attachment.
Sources: Path instructions, Learnings
| let mut gy_events = Vec::new(); | ||
| engine::game::zones::move_to_zone(runner.state_mut(), sword, Zone::Graveyard, &mut gy_events); | ||
| process_triggers(runner.state_mut(), &gy_events); | ||
| drain_priority(&mut runner); | ||
| assert_eq!(runner.state().objects[&sword].zone, Zone::Graveyard); | ||
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| let mut etb_events = Vec::new(); | ||
| engine::game::zones::move_to_zone( | ||
| runner.state_mut(), | ||
| one_one, | ||
| Zone::Battlefield, | ||
| &mut etb_events, | ||
| ); | ||
| process_triggers(runner.state_mut(), &etb_events); | ||
| drain_priority(&mut runner); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Drive zone changes through the replacement-aware production pipeline.
These tests call engine::game::zones::move_to_zone directly and manually process events. This bypasses ProposedEvent::ZoneChange. Replacement effects and production zone-change behavior can therefore differ while the tests remain green.
Use the scenario or GameAction path that creates and resolves ProposedEvent::ZoneChange for the graveyard, battlefield, and death transitions. As per path instructions, zone changes must use ProposedEvent::ZoneChange, not direct zones::move_to_zone.
Also applies to: 1469-1504, 1541-1549
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In `@crates/engine/tests/integration/issue_4956_gift_of_immortality_reattach.rs`
around lines 1396 - 1410, Replace the direct zones::move_to_zone calls and
manual process_triggers handling in the affected test scenarios with the
existing scenario or GameAction flow that creates and resolves
ProposedEvent::ZoneChange. Apply this to the graveyard, battlefield, and death
transitions, including the related sections, while preserving the existing
assertions and priority draining behavior.
Source: Path instructions
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Summary
Fixes Sword of the Meek returning from the graveyard without equipping the entering 1/1.
"…return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that creature"lowered both operands of the nestedAttachonto the same trigger-event anaphor (ParentTarget), so the effect asked to attach the entering creature to itself — a guaranteed CR 301.5c no-op that was silently swallowed. CR 400.7j lets the rest of an effect find the object it just moved to a public zone, so the bare-"it" attachment names the returned card; this widens the existinglower.rsrebind so that collapsed encoding is normalized toSelfRef, exactly the shape Dragon Breath and Smoke Shroud already produce.Files changed
crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/lower.rscrates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/imperative.rs(doc comment only — no behavior change)crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/tests.rscrates/engine/tests/integration/issue_4956_gift_of_immortality_reattach.rscrates/engine/tests/fixtures/integration_cards.json.gzTrack
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review-engine-plan→ implement → verify →review-impl→ commit, each review in a fresh, independent context handed only the artifact under review. 3 plan rounds + 3 independent plan reviews (round 3's residual findings applied in surgical check-and-replace mode), then 4 independentreview-implrounds against successive committed heads, each finding addressed with code before the next.CR references
CR 400.7j— authorizing rule. "If an effect causes an object to move to a public zone, other parts of that effect can find that object." This is why "it" in the second clause legally denotes the permanent the first clause returned, despite CR 400.7's new-object default.CR 608.2c— order-written sequencing; the return is not gated on the attach.CR 701.3a/CR 701.3b— the attach keyword action, and the no-op when it can't be performed.CR 301.5/CR 301.5c/CR 301.5e— Equipment attachment legality; "An Equipment can't equip itself" (why the collapsed shape was already dead); undefined host ⇒ enters unattached.CR 301.6— the same for Fortifications (301.5a–fapply by reference).CR 303.4d— "An Aura can't enchant itself."CR 303.4i/CR 704.5m— the contrasting Aura denial, asserted by the existinggift_of_immortality_stays_in_graveyard_when_host_gonesibling.CR 704.5p— self-attach cleanup for anything else.Every number was verified against
docs/MagicCompRules.txtin-session, with adjacent rules in each section read.Verification
Tilt was down; per
CLAUDE.mdthe direct-cargo fallback was used.cargo fmt --all— clean.cargo clippy-strict— exit 0, no warnings.cargo test -p phase-engine— exit 0.19459 passed; 0 failed; 6 ignored(lib) ·5276 passed; 0 failed; 2 ignored(integration) ·21+9passed (doc/bin targets)../scripts/check-parser-combinators.sh—Gate G PASS,Gate A PASS(verbatim below)../scripts/check-test-card-data-load.sh— exit 0, no output.cargo export-cards data/ --output client/public/card-data.json— 35,795 cards.08a555b64from the samedata/(detached worktree,cargo export-cards): 0 cards gained, 0 lost, exactly 2 changed —sword of the meekandauriok survivors, each dropping only"attachment": {"type": "ParentTarget"}(SelfRefis the serde default, so this is the field's absence, not a shape change). Zeroforward_resultchanges anywhere — both cards already carriedforward_result: trueat base.cargo coverage—31783/35795 supported (88.79173%), byte-identical to the same command run on the baseline worktree. Sword of the Meek and Auriok Survivors aresupported: true, gap_count: 0before and after; this is a semantic fix that coverage cannot see, which is why the runtime test below carries the evidence.cargo semantic-audit—32764 cards audited, 258 with findings, identical to baseline (SilentDrop 165 / DroppedCondition 65 / DroppedDuration 29 / WrongParameter 8 / UnimplementedSubEffect 1). Zero new findings.cargo combo-verify— exit 0,13 confirmed / 4 gated / 37 deferred / 0 failed (of 54). TheThopter Foundry + Sword of the Meek + Krark-Clan Ironworksrow (analysis/corpus.rs:527) staysdeferred — no bespoke driver on today's in-place loop model;deferralis a driver-availability annotation, not a card-correctness one, socorpus.rsis deliberately not edited (itscorpus_tests.rs:98-140partition lockstep would break).lower.rsreverted to base:sword_of_the_meek_attaches_to_entering_one_one_not_the_prior_hostFAILS withattached_to = None(expectedSome(Object(ObjectId(3)))) — the exact reported symptom — plus the two collapsed-anaphor parser tests. Every other test stays green. Deleting only the hoisted allow-list makesrebind_rejects_self_ref_attachment_operandthe sole failure.cargo fmt --check,cargo clippy,card-data-validate, parser combinator gate, engine parser tests,phase-aisuite2092 passed / 0 failed,oracle-gen,coverage-report, coverage regression check,pnpm lint,pnpm type-check) — All pre-push checks passed. The coverage regression check reportedREGRESSED (engine) — 0 cards,REGRESSED (coverage honesty) — 0 cards, net+0, andswallowed-clause decreased from 924 to 923. Its twoGAINEDcards (Artist Alley, Garbage Elemental) are published-baseline drift, not products of this diff — the same-data/differential above shows only the twoAttachnodes changing.Gate A
Anchored on
crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/lower.rs:2269— the existingrebind_attach_attachment_to_forwarded_source_if_…rewrite this change widens: same function, sameEffect::Attachoperand rewrite toSelfRef, same-> bool"did I rewrite?" contract. Its prior arm covers theLastCreatedrecipient encoding (Ratonhnhaké꞉ton, Forum Filibuster); the new arm adds the collapsed encoding. No new helper, no new pattern.crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/lower.rs:2192— its sole callerrewire_result_anchored_subchain, which already computes theparent_moves_to_battlefieldgate and already stampsforward_result; called once fromcrates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/assembly.rs:3225. The same gate is what keeps theGainControlequal-operand pairs (Ogre Geargrabber, Thieving Skydiver) and theCopyTokenOfpair (Stonehewer Giant Avatar) untouched.crates/engine/src/game/effects/change_zone.rs:49—resolve_forward_result_search_attach_host, the consumer this encoding targets (unchanged): it gates the pre-entry host stamp onattachment == SelfRefand already resolvestarget: ParentTargetto the trigger-event referent for Dragon Breath / Smoke Shroud.crates/engine/tests/integration/issue_4956_gift_of_immortality_reattach.rs:68/:1146/:654— the class home:event_subject_return_attach_hostasserts the canonicalAttach { SelfRef → host }shape,smoke_shroud_attaches_to_entering_ninja_among_multiple_hostsis the runtime analog the new test is modeled on (same prior-host/distractor hostile fixture), andgift_of_immortality_stays_in_graveyard_when_host_goneis the Aura denial-semantics contrast the new host-gone guard is written against.crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/tests.rs:47301—return_equipment_then_attach_it_to_last_created_token_forwards_returned_equipment, the existing shape test for the siblingLastCreatedarm; the new parser tests join thatattach_just_moved_*cluster.Final review-impl
Independent reviewer, fresh context, handed only the diff +
CLAUDE.md+ the skill: "Findings: none. The diff is clean." It independently re-derived the corpus census, re-verified every CR citation line-by-line againstdocs/MagicCompRules.txt, ran the revert experiment through the real pipeline, and confirmed the fixture and frozen-scope claims. The three precedingreview-implrounds returned no HIGH and no MED findings; every LOW was addressed with code (CR-citation completeness301.6/303.4d/704.5p, a corrected delivery-path doc claim, a path-scoped reach-guard for the Ogre Geargrabber negative, and a new directrebind_rejects_self_ref_attachment_operandunit test for the hoisted allow-list).What changed, concretely
rebind_attach_attachment_to_forwarded_source_if_anaphor_names_moved_cardhoists its attachment allow-list to an early return and accepts a second recipient encoding:The hoist is load-bearing, not cosmetic: six corpus cards (Nim Deathmantle, Boonweaver Giant, Hakim, Light-Paws, Magnetic Snuffler, Runed Crown) carry meaningful
SelfRef/SelfRefpairs under a battlefield-moving parent that the identity test would otherwise clobber. No new enum variant, no new bool, no new helper, no string dispatch — the change is AST-only, so the nom mandate is satisfied vacuously andcheck-parser-combinators.shpasses.Why the predicate cannot capture a correct parse. An
Attachwhose two operands are one node attaches an object to itself, which is dead under CR 301.5c / 301.6 / 303.4d / 704.5p whatever it resolves to — so the rebind can only turn a dead node live. Corpus-wide, equal-operandParentTarget/TriggeringSourcepairs number four, and the caller'sparent_moves_to_battlefieldgate excludes the two underGainControl.Tests added
sword_of_the_meek_attaches_to_entering_one_one_not_the_prior_host— the discriminating runtime test. DrivesGameScenario→move_to_zone→process_triggers→ priority drain. Hostile fixture: the Sword has a prior host and a second 1/1 is already on the battlefield, so anAttachedToLKI fallback or a battlefield scan binds the wrong permanent.sword_of_the_meek_returns_unattached_when_the_entering_creature_leaves— mandatory guard, honestly labelled non-revert-failing. The 1/1 leaves while the trigger is on the stack; the Sword must still enter, unattached (CR 301.5e + CR 608.2c). This is the observable that separates "…, then attach it" from the Aura "…attached to" family, whose CR 303.4i/704.5m denial keeps the card in the graveyard — the direct contrast withgift_of_immortality_stays_in_graveyard_when_host_gonein the same file.auriok_survivors_returned_equipment_enters_unattached— pins that the other AST-touched card is neutralized rather than corrupted (see Scope Expansion).attach_just_moved_*cluster: two positive (Sword of the Meek; Auriok Survivors attachment-side, explicitly labelled shape-only), and four negatives with satisfiable positive reach-guards — Stonehewer Giant (distinct operands keep the runtime-rescuedParentTarget), Pre-War Formalwear (an explicitSelfRefattachment survives the allow-list), Ogre Geargrabber (same collapsed shape, but underGainControl, so the caller gate — not the predicate — is what protects it), and Aura Graft.rebind_rejects_self_ref_attachment_operand— direct unit guard on the hoist, the only way to observe it (every corpusSelfRef/SelfRefparent already carriesforward_result).Fixture note
crates/engine/tests/fixtures/integration_cards.json.gzis updated surgically:sword of the meek's stored parse refreshed to match the new export (byte-identical to a true regeneration), plusauriok survivorsandpre-war formalwearadded because the new parser tests reference them. A fullpython3 scripts/gen-test-fixture.pyrun on this machine would additionally sweep in ~52 unrelated cards of stale localdata/mtgjsondrift (older rulings, an older legality snapshot) and the 59-card coverage backlog that--checkalready reports as red on unmodified08a555b64— that would be a data regression and scope creep, so it was rejected.gen-test-fixture.py --checkreports the identical 59-card uncovered set at base and at head: this change adds none.Claimed parse impact
Sword of the Meek— behaviorally fixed.Attach { attachment: ParentTarget, target: ParentTarget }→Attach { attachment: SelfRef, target: ParentTarget }; the returned Sword now equips the entering 1/1.Auriok Survivors— AST changes, behavior does not. Its attachment operand is corrected the same way, but its recipient operand is a separate, unfixed misparse (see Scope Expansion), so it self-attaches — a CR 301.5c no-op — both before and after. Verified by execution:auriok_survivors_returned_equipment_enters_unattachedpasses identically with and without the production change.No other card in the 35,795-card corpus changes parse.
Scope Expansion
None.
Two adjacent defects were deliberately left out of scope and are not claimed as fixed:
TargetFilter::SelfRef(the ability's own source) but lowers toParentTarget. Different phrase, different combinator, different discriminating test. The card is a no-op today and a no-op after; it is not made worse. The same defect covers Ogre Geargrabber and Thieving Skydiver ("Attach it to this creature" under aGainControlparent), which this change's caller gate leaves untouched.Attach { attachment: SelfRef, target: ParentTarget }) is the mirrored bug:SelfRefthere must mean the ability's own source, but theforward_resultbranch rebindssource_idto the just-moved creature, so both operands collapse onto it. This diff's hoisted allow-list rejectsSelfRefattachments, so that parse is provably untouched (asserted byattach_just_moved_negative_self_ref_attachment_is_not_rebound). Fixing it means disambiguating the two meanings ofSelfRefunderforward_result, for whichTargetFilter::OriginalSourcealready exists and is already concretized in that same branch — a real follow-up with a natural home, and a runtime seam change that would double this diff's blast radius.No
mtgish/,crates/mtgish-import/, ordata/mtgish-*path is touched (dormant perdocs/AI-CONTRIBUTOR.md§0.5). No enum variant, struct field,GameAction,WaitingFor, serialized surface, i18n, WASM, frontend, or AI-policy change.Validation Failures
None.
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