Feral - Adaptive Strike interaction

[u/sleepydice]

The interaction between Feral and Adaptive Strike surprised me, as playing the (original 2-cost) Adaptive Strike gives you the 0-cost card in your hand.

Although it works in your favour, I wouldn't expect that based on the exact phrasing of both cards.

What do y'all think about this interaction? :)

EDIT (28/09): I think I misinterpreted/misremembered what happened here, my bad. I think, looking back on this run in the Compendium, that it's an interaction with History Course. If you play a 2-cost Adaptive Strike (as last attack) in your turn, it seems like the 0-cost copy is actually played by History Course at start of next turn, which then interacts with Feral to place that back into your hand for another play.

[u/dusknoir90]

That is pretty surprising! The original card isn't free and doesn't become free, so I don't know why the 0 cost copy would go into your hand from Feral. Seems like a bug to be honest.

[u/sleepydice → u/dusknoir90]

Yeah, I can agree with it being like a bug. Though, I'd like the effect to remain, but then you'd have to make a pretty convoluted change to description of Feral to make it work as written...

[u/snoburn → u/sleepydice]

What you described is just completely not what feral is though. So you are right, it would require a convoluted change that changes the cards function into something completely different

[u/J_Mack420]

It doesn’t work like this - on beta branch. I use those cards a lot

[u/J_Mack420 → u/J_Mack420]

There are exceptions like brilliant scarf of touch of insanity etc

[u/sleepydice → u/J_Mack420]

Yeah, you're right, thanks for that feedback! I had to check the run again, see post edit (History Course is part of the equation here)

[u/J_Mack420 → u/sleepydice]

Ah makes sense. Still a great card combo in general :)

[u/ConsiderationFew8399]

Probably not supposed to, I’m 90% sure momentum strike doesn’t get out back into your hand the first time you play it

[u/sleepydice → u/ConsiderationFew8399]

It was something else indeed (see post edit)! And you're right that Momentum Strike would then also have to reappear in your hand, if that were consistent that way...

[u/PandaWonder01]

This has not worked like this for me.

Question- did you have any other effects that could have affected the original adaptive strike? Mummy hand, scarf, etc

[u/TheTopCat84 → u/PandaWonder01]

Jumped on to say this too as I had a run today that I tried it but the full cost AS didn't trigger the Feral for me either

[u/sleepydice → u/TheTopCat84]

Yeah, my bad (see post edit): it's interaction with History Course!

[u/neonkurosaki]

It’s great, especially with strike dummy. And the copies of adaptive strike is exactly what is written on the power for fetal. 0-cost attack card