Archon of Absolution + "must attack" effects
- Opponent played Archon of Absolution.
- I tapped out to play Tajic, Legion's Valor on 1st main phase.
- Entered combat, putting a +1/+1 on Tajic, and conjuring a Boros Recruit that must attack if able.
- The "No Attacks" button is greyed out and unclickable, as I have a creature that must attack if able on the field. If I try to declare "Boros Recuit" as an attacker, My only option is to cancel the attack, since I can not pay Archon of Absolution's attack tax.
Restarting the game did not change anything, waiting for my timer and time outs to run out did not change anything (except reduce me from 1 to 0 time outs).
-This happened on PC (Windows)
-I expected the game to realize I could not attack (since Tajic says "must attack if able", and progress to the second main phase.
-Instead, the game softlocked, requiring me to pay mana that I didn't have to declare an attack that it thought I must make.
-Only workaround I was able to find was for one of us to concede the match.
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sparksfamilyvalues#95319 commented
Boros Recruit must attack, but you cannot pay the cost to allow that attack to happen. Typically effects that say you cannot do something win out against effects that say you must do something.