When I use Prismatic Beam (Paladin card) with its cost reduced to 2 or less, it triggers twice with Sunsapper Lynessa. However, when I use Snatch and Grab (Rogue card) with its cost similarly reduced to 2 or less, the additional effect from Lynessa does not trigger. I would like to know if this behavior is intentional, and if so, could you explain the reason? Or is this a bug?
I just played a 0 mana snatch and grab with lynessa on board and it correctly killed 4 minions. I assume you missed something that happened at that time, either an additional condition to a bug, or an explanation of the behavior.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtwBANqX_jA&t=1465s)
In this video ,Why was ‘snatch and grab’ used only once at 21:10?
When a spell casts twice, it casts twice in a row, meaning it won’t let deaths resolve before casting a second time
You cast the spell with only 2 minions alive.
Both cast of the spell will occure while those 2 minions are on the board.
Only after the second cast will the minions die and resolve their reborn and deathrattle effects
The spell did cast twice but the second cast had no valid target since those minions were already flagged as dead
That behavior of casting twice also allows to deal damage to a minion that has less than 1 health if you cast a targetted spell. The target will already be locked in from the first cast, and since the minion is still there, the game will allow it
Additionaly, you’ll see the same behavior at the exact timecode you’ve linked where the aoes further damages 0 health minions instead of letting them die before casting for the second time
There were only two enemy minions on the board. The first SnG destroyed both of them, leaving no legal targets for the second one.
What were you expecting the second one to do, exactly?
To destroy the minions summoned by those destroyed by the first cast, like you would see with Aftershocks, or even simply by playing Snatch and Grab twice yourself
There’s nothing obvious in a spell casting twice not giving the same outcome as twice the same spell casting