Ice Trap/Ursol interactions issue

Ice Trap doesn’t return the spell cast via Ursol’s battlecry back to hand. This doesn’t make sense being that Ice Traps trigger condition specifies cast. Seems like this lack of interaction is either unintentional, or the wording on either card doesn’t reflect what is actually happening mechanically.

neither of both
1 Ursol battlecry’s doesn’t cast a spell, it only equips it as an aura
2 the aura casts the spell, not the player

Ice trap reads “When your opponent casts a spell”
Your opponent did not cast a spell. The aura did.

There’s a clear distinction made by the game between spells cast by a player or cast by another effect
You can check any card that has an effetc based on a spell being played, none will trigger their effect if the spell is not directly played from the player themself

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