Buried Treasure does not hold priority
LCI card Buried Treasure does not hold priority when played if the game does not detect anything else to spend mana on. This is relevant because a common play pattern late game with the card will be to play it, sacrifice it, then activate its ability from the graveyard to Discover 5. Currently if you play the card with no other castable spells in hand, the game automatically passes priority back to your opponent depriving you of the ability to activate it in this way. You can work around this with full control, but it is unintuitive and surprising to simply lose priority.
Current Behavior:
1. Have Buried Treasure in hand and no other cards in hand. Control no permanents with activated abilities.
2. Cast Buried Treasure
3. If it is the first main phase, it will immediately pass to the combat phase, then when combat phase is over, it will immediately pass to the opponent's turn. If it is the second main phase, it will immediately pass to the opponent's turn.
Expected (preferred) behavior:
1. Have Buried Treasure in hand and no other cards in hand. Control no permanents with activated abilities
2. Cast Buried Treasure
3. Priority will be held in the main phase giving an opportunity to sacrifice the Buried Treasure to make mana, then activate the second ability from the graveyard
Perdition#82288
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alkalimeter#57975
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This issue is similar to https://feedback.wizards.com/forums/918667-mtg-arena-bugs-product-suggestions/suggestions/48297632-don-t-pass-priority-when-generous-plunderer-attack, another situation where it automatically passes priority when you can sacrifice a treasure.
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Spaceknight42#41536
commented
Adding a vote to this.
The card needs to hold priority as if it has a sorcery-speed ability ability costing 4. That's the 5 cost minus the 1 it would generate itself. It doesn't need to hold priority on opposing turns or in other phases. (in addition to properly holding priority while in the "you can play this from the graveyard" section.)
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hbelam#13111
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Same here. Lost a game (I was arguably going to lose anyway) when I could have sacked the treasure for mana, then played it from the graveyard.
Mana was wide open. I was under the impression you could leave the mana floating and then activate its graveyard ability. Mac player here. Screenshot attached.
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Murdoctor#39989
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I had the same problem. My hand was empty, and I drew Buried Treasure. I had enough mana to cast Buried Treasure, sacrifice it, then use its activated ability from the graveyard to Discover 5. After casting it during my pre-combat main phase, my turn immediately went to Combat. I bypassed the Combat phase, and it moved past my post-combat main phase and ended the turn, never giving me the chance to sacrifice it and activate the ability from the graveyard.
Screen shot attached.
