Toughness Check Error
Format: Historic Brawl
Board states: Go-Shintai of Hidden cruelty, Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest, & 1 colourless 1/1 Shrine token creatures| vs |The First Sliver
Issue: After combat The First Sliver was a 7/1 due to blocking, on end step Hidden Cruelty’s trigger went on the stack, paid the cost to destroy a target creature with toughness 3 or less to remove the First Sliver. Instead the game automatically targeted my 1/1 token, destroying it. The card does not state ‘base toughness’ so The First Sliver should have been a legal target
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[Deleted User] commented
Taking damage does not reduce toughness, but the Arena UI shows damage as if it does to show how much more damage the creature can take before lethal