Mind Control Tech Card bug?

I stole my opponent’s titan Sargeras, The Destroyer, and used its effect to clear the board, and well… nothing. The command was eaten with no effect. The titan showed that its ability charge was used up as well.

That titan’s abilities depend on having a Twisting Nether portal on your board.

If you play him normally, then you do get a Twisting Nether portal from his battlecry.

But if you steal him (or copy/resurrect/etc), then the battlecry does not trigger, and you do not have a Twisting Nether.

The ability is still clickable, but it does nothing.

This is intended behavior. It isn’t a bug.

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Thank you for clearing that up.

Respectfully, that’s an awful design decision. MC Tech should give you access to the minion’s capabilities, regardless of what side of the board the portal is on. Sargeras should be able to send all minions into the twisting nether, since the nether is still on the board. If the other option to summon 6/6 minions for your opponent from the portal works, sending them in should work too.

Well shuteye is not in charge of the design so I don’t think they would have been offended by your opinion.
Sadly this is the intended interaction

Bug Fixes and Game Improvements

  • New: [Hearthstone] Copying an enemy Sargeras, the Destroyer will no longer cause the original Twisting Nether portal to respond to his abilities.

This also applied to stolen Sargeras and hasn’t changed since despite the large amount of players reporting this behavior. Unless they decide to change it in the future, it should remain the same.
But they just changed the interaction between Jeklik and Soularium, 5 years after their release. Cross the fingers, there’s still hope.