"Alchemist's gambit" cant be cast with cleave if "One with the Multiverse" free cast is available
Hello, bug on a mechanic here. It happens on both PC and Android.
I've tried to play "Alchemist's Gambit", but I only found one way to play its cleave cost in my deck. I'm running "One with the Multiverse", and if I have one on my board, when I then cast my alchemist's gambit, a window opens asking me if I want to cast it for its normal cost, for free with a multiverse, or for its cleave cost. Until there, it works as expected.
However, if I choose to cast it for its cleave cost, the game asks me to select the multiverse I want to use, and then cast it without cleave for free. If I only have one multiverse, it doesnt ask me to select a multiverse, but the effect is the same, it becomes a free cast with multiverse if I click "cast with cleave". There's no way to avoid it : the card just cannot be played for its cleave cost with a multiverse active in game, clicking on "cancel" just cancels the cast entirely.
And it's not a mana issue, I do have the required mana and see highlighted the seven lands that would be used when I mouse over the "cast with cleave".
To put it simply, on this card specifically, "cast with one with the multiverse" and "cast with cleave" (as seen on my screenshot) have the exact same effect.
The only way I have found to work around it is to use all my multiverse's free casts BEFORE casting the gambit. This way, the game doesn't force a free cast, since no multiverse is available. But it's a huge issue considering that 1) I can have 4 multiverses in game and not enough cards to use all 4 free casts, or simply don't want to, and 2) in my deck it has to be the first sorcery I use during my turn, so, before using my multiverses for other purposes.
I have tried to do the same thing with another card with a cleave effect to see whether it's a bug on all cleaves or just this card. I tried "Winged Portent". In this case, choosing to cast it with cleave while "One with the multiverse" is available does work properly all the time. It is then likely a bug specific to the "Alchemist's gambit" card. I've tried several games and it happens all the time.
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DJ Elevate USA#26311 commented
I have the same issue with One With The Multiverse and Dig Up, but only with 2 or more copies of OWTM. If I cast a spell with one of the copies, I can then use the cleave ability of Dig Up properly.