Summitfest Closing Ceremony Major Bug: Summitfest Closing Ceremony's "Covercast" ability does not function at all
[Bug Description]
The "Covercast" ability on "Summitfest Closing Ceremony" is completely broken and fails to trigger/intensify under any circumstances.
Even when casting an instant or sorcery spell where 5 or more mana was actually spent to cast it, while "Summitfest Closing Ceremony" is in the graveyard, hand, or on the stack, its intensity never increases.
Importantly, during testing, "Phoenix of Iteration" in the same graveyard triggered successfully under the exact same condition (proving that the game properly recognized 5 or more mana was spent). However, "Summitfest Closing Ceremony" completely ignored this and failed to intensify. The card's intensity tracker remains stuck at its starting value of 3.
[Steps to Reproduce]
1. Have both "Summitfest Closing Ceremony" and "Phoenix of Iteration" in the graveyard.
2. Cast an instant or sorcery spell by spending 5 or more mana to do so (e.g., using cost modifiers or natural 5+ costs).
3. "Phoenix of Iteration" triggers successfully because 5+ mana was spent.
4. "Summitfest Closing Ceremony" completely fails to intensify, despite the identical condition being met.
Falke#50240
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Rezzahan#77802
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Alchemy cards are weird and don't work within the normal frame of the rules. I think, that Summitfest Closing Ceremony has to resolve to set up a delayed trigger. Only when that delayed trigger is set up will you get the trigger for casting s 5+ mana spell. Simply putting the card into a public zone and casting a 5+ mana instant or sorcery won't do the trick. The Phoenix is different in that it has a specific clause to allow it to trigger while in the graveyard.