I believe that shuffling plagues into my opponents deck shuffles their deck. This is un-intended and un-desired. Here are some reasons why I think this is the case:
1.) I used Algalon and saw that the next card they would draw is X and I chose to allow them to draw it (not place it on the bottom). Then I shuffled a plague into their deck and hit end turn. They drew a different card (not card X).
2.) I used Algalon to place a card of the opponents onto the bottom of their deck. I proceeded to shuffle plagues into their deck. They draw that card WAY before they were even close to the bottom of the deck. (They didn’t dredge).
Please check on the issue. I don’t have time to set-up a video demonstrating it but I can say I’m a mathematician by trade and I’m fairly certain there is a bug here. Playing with Algalon has illuminated it for me (and maybe causing the bug?).
If Algalon says the next card they will draw is “Blood plague” and I say “yes, let them draw it”. Then I shuffle another plague into their deck, shouldn’t they still draw “Blood plague”? My opponent just drew a non-plague card.
what Skizzy say is that when you put a plague in opponent deck you mix/shuffle his entire deck , so your reordering process with Algalon is lost.
You can avoid an interaction by first attacking and than using algalon to put a card on top , but the tactic to put cards on botton while playng a plague deck or similar is not compatibile.
Fair enough, if that’s intended so be it. But I understood the following two mechanics to be separate and not equal,
a.) “Shuffle a card into your opponent’s deck” (placing it at a random place)
b.) “Shuffle a card into your opponent’s deck and then re-shuffle their whole deck”
If (a) had been intended, then the relevant cards would have used wording like “put a card at a random place in your opponent’s deck”. (Or, as some cards actually do, put a card at the bottom of your opponent’s deck).
The fact that Blizzard chose to use the text “shuffle … into a deck” implies that (b) was always intended.
Thank you everybody. I walk away from this a stronger player, understanding card games a bit more. Thanks! (Delete thread if needed, False alarm!)
EDIT: I even just delayed playing Photographer Fizzle for a few turns since I knew my Helya was going to be drawn soon (since I have used Sir Finley and I knew Helya wasn’t in the bottom 8 cards). If I had used Fizzle, he would have shuffled my deck!!