Wandering Emperor +1 and Sunset Revelry Token Stacking Bug
When using The Wandering Emperor to give a +1/+1 counter and first strike to a 1/1 human token from Sunset Revelry, the game incorrectly stacks the token with [first strike until end of turn] along with the other 1/1 token which does not have first strike, if that token also has a +1/+1 counter. These are supposed to be unstacked because only one token has first strike until end of turn, but the game stacks them incorrectly. This makes it impossible to choose the first strike token to attack with.
This behavior does not apply to all tokens; the game correctly unstacks tokens from Lolth, Pest Summoning, and the emperor's samurai tokens. Only Sunset Revelry tokens are bugged in this way, as far as I can tell.
To recreate, play Sunset Revelry under creations which make the two 1/1 tokens, then flash in Wandering Emperor on end step, give +1/+1 to one of the tokens (which will undstack them), then end turn, untap, and use Emperor's +1/+1 on the other token, giving it the counter and first strike until end of turn. The tokens will incorrectly stack even though only one has first strike.
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Valarin#38454 commented
Still bugged to this day 31 January 2024. First encountered the bug using Wandering Emperor +1 ability on a wedding announcement human token. These are very popular cards frequently played together on several meta decks and dunno why this isn't resolved after several months from report.
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Pinocola#39141 commented
It also occurs with Krovikan Scoundrel, a vanilla 2/1 nontoken creature. So apparently the stacking bug doesn't require the creatures to be token.
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Pinocola#39141 commented
On further testing, this seems to affect any vanilla token with no rules text other than types and power/toughness.
I recreated the issue with:
1/1 artifact creature soldier tokens from Platoon Dispenser
1/1 white soldier tokens from Horn of Valhalla
4/4 red/blue elemental and 3/2 red/white spirit from Mascot Summoningbut stacking worked correctly with:
1/1 white spirit with flying from Clarion Spirit
2/1 white/black inkling with flying from Mascot Summoning