Instant speed spell un-castable on opponent's turn
I believe I encountered some sort of bug just now. I am playing on PC. The game in question was a ranked alchemy match in diamond ranking. During my opponent's turn, I was attacked by a Rahilda, which is a mono-red card. I had two Vanishing Verses in my hand, with all the necessary mana available to cast them, but was unable to cast the spells. I paused between attack steps, in order to stop the Rahilda from triggering, but was not able to cast any spells. There was nothing on the board, or any apparent effect, which would prohibit me from casting instants. I do not know why the game failed to let me cast the spells. There was no corresponding white border around them suggesting they could be cast, and attempting to drag them onto the battlefield did not work. On my next turn, the Vanishing Verses still did not light up, but the game allowed me to cast them, and after one attempt to cast one the white border reappeared for future use.
This was quite annoying, because the Rahilda allowed my opponent to steal one of my card draw spells, which they subsequently used to refill their hand, and win the game.
This was not a mis-click error, I spent my timer running down in multiple attempts to cast the spells, and examined the field several times to discover the source of the problem, to no avail. It seems my hand got momentarily "turned off" somehow, and was reactivated on my next turn. I have never experienced an effect like this before that could not be traced to some other on-board effect.
I hope this information is useful in resolving the issue for future play. Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Stabbayougood#42204 commented
Similar problem again just now, in alchemy ranked again. I had an instant speed removal spell that did not trigger any stops on opponent's turn, just passed right through. I had more than enough mana to cast the spell three times over, and nothing on the board prevented the casting of the spell. Was I quick enough to get a screenshot, I would have, but again, the turn just passed right through without letting me respond, which takes less than a second.