Valkmira, Protector's Shield not responding correctly on cavalcade of calamity & torbran thane of red fel
I ran into a game where my oponent had Valkmira, Protector's Shield on the board and I had a cavalcade of calamity on the board alongside: 1 grim initiate, 1 scorch spitter, 1 legion warboss and 1 torbran thane of red fell.
So with 5 basic mountains untapped I declared my attack, that spawned a goblin token of the legion warboss his ability.
Then I attacked with: grim initiate, scorch spitter and the goblin token. Doing so triggered the cavalcade of calamity's triggered ability and should bolt my oponent for 3 damage due to Torbran being on the board. Now the Valkima shield will protect 1 damage of that and then should ask me to pay 1 per source that's trageting him. Instead the Valkmira shield acts as damage absorber and soaks all damage from the cavalcade and doesn't even prompt me for paying the extra cost. On top of that he blocks my creatures and treats them as regular 1 damage sources as well. So as far as I can tell the interaction between these 3 cards isn't working as it would in real life. (Valkmira, Protector's Shield,cavalcade of calamity & torbran thane of red fel)
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Rezzahan#77802
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No, this is correct behaviour. This is due to the AFFECTED PLAYER getting to choose the order of applying replacement effects. With Valkmira being applied first, there is no damage left to increase by Torbran, that effect is simply not applicable anymore since there is no damage about to be dealt anymore. This goes both for the Cavalcade triggers as well as the combat damage of your 1 power creatures.
Additionally, Cavalcade's triggers DO NOT TARGET. Only spells and abilities that identify what they are going to affect by using the word "target" do actually target. Just being affected does not make an object or player a target.