Sothera, the Superviod Ability Bug
This card is extremely bugged in a way that makes it completely unfair to use in game. The card in question is “Sothera, the superviod” and the description VERY CLEARLY states “When an a creature you control DIES, each opponent chooses a creature they control and exiles it. The player I went against played a legendary creature, then played another one of the same legendary creature, causing the first one to be sent to the graveyard and REPLACED by the second. This resulted in Sothera, the Supervoid to activated when it shouldn't have and forced me to exile one of own creatures. This SHOULD NOT have happened at all. When legendary creature is played while another legendary creature of the same name is already active on field, and you choose one to send to the graveyard, Sothera shouldn't trigger because the monster that was sent to the graveyard DIDN'T DIE, it was REPLACED. It specifically says ”If a creature you control DIES" not “Was sent to the graveyard”. So it shouldn't matter that it was sent to the graveyard, if it wasn't sent there from dying, than Sothera shouldn't trigger, Period. That is a VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. Please fix this ASAP. It cost me a match that I should have easily in Alchemy Ranked already.
WotC_VNDR_Jessie#07208
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Rezzahan#77802
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You need to fix your understanding of the legend rule. If a player has multiple legendary permanents with the same name on the field, they put all but on into their graveyard. Thus, the ones not chosen DIE. "Replaced" is not a Magic term, but "dies" is and has a specific meaning:
700.4. The term dies means “is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.”
704.5j If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are controlled by the same player,
that player chooses one of them, AND THE REST ARE PUT INTO THEIR OWNER'S GRAVEYARDS. This is called the “legend rule.”