Detective's Phoenix: cannot be cast from graveyard using bestow ability

[matthewevans]

Reported behavior

Detective's Phoenix cannot be cast from the graveyard even though it should be castable there using its bestow ability (paying {R} + Collect evidence 6).

Oracle text (verified from card-data.json)

"Bestow—{R}, Collect evidence 6.
Flying, haste
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste.
You may cast this card from your graveyard using its bestow ability."

Root cause (suspected)

card-data.json contains a GraveyardCastPermission static_ability gating on HasKeywordKind: Bestow, active in the Graveyard zone. The casting option appears correctly parsed. The runtime may not support the bestow+graveyard combination in the casting pipeline, or Collect Evidence gating on the alternative cost is not handled.

Expected vs actual

• Expected: Player can cast Detective's Phoenix from graveyard as a bestow Aura by paying {R} and collecting evidence 6.
• Actual: No option to cast from graveyard is presented.

Discord: https://discord.com/channels/1485498006781427802/1512174491898220756/1512174491898220756

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_{report_id: discord:1512174491898220756:1512174491898220756:0 · via bug-triage}

[matthewevans]

Discord follow-up: Detective's Phoenix cannot be bestowed from hand in the attached board state, though it can be bestowed in other states. This likely belongs with the same Detective's Phoenix bestow casting path unless investigation proves it is distinct. Report id: discord:1518025971905597540:1518025971905597540:0.

[mike-theDude]

Triage

Area: engine · Priority: p3-card-specific · Status: confirmed

Reported behavior: Detective's Phoenix is not offered as castable from the graveyard via its bestow ability (pay {R} plus collect evidence 6), and a follow-up notes it also cannot be bestowed from hand in one particular board state.

Oracle text (verified from card-data.json):

Bestow—{R}, Collect evidence 6. (To pay this bestow cost, pay {R} and exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.)
Flying, haste
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste.
You may cast this card from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

Parser/runtime assessment: The card parses fully — no Unimplemented effects or Unknown triggers. The bestow keyword is captured with a composite alternative cost ({R} + CollectEvidence 6), and the graveyard permission is present as a GraveyardCastPermission static ability gated on the Bestow keyword kind, active in the Graveyard zone. So this is a runtime casting-pipeline gap, not a parse issue: the engine is not surfacing the bestow-from-graveyard casting option (and possibly mishandling the collect-evidence alternative cost interacting with bestow). Fix belongs at the class level — bestow combined with a graveyard-cast permission and a composite alternative cost.

Next step: Trace the casting-option enumeration for a bestow keyword under a graveyard cast permission, and confirm collect-evidence gating on the alternative cost.