[Card Bug] Dauthi Voidwalker: Can't play an exiled card

[pascalberger]

Card(s)

Dauthi Voidwalker

Build/version

0.34.0

Game mode

None

Actual behavior

When a creature is put into graveyard it will be exiled instead (has been fixed with #5245). But on the exiled cards I can't see the void counter, and when sacrifacing Dauthi Voidwalker I can't play any of the exiled cards

Expected behavior

When Dauthi Voidwalker is sacrificed it should be possible to play any of the exiled creatures with a void counter on it. Cards exiled through Dauthi Voidwalker should become a void counter.

Rule text:
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Steps to reproduce

• Dauthi Voidwalker on the battlefield
• A creature of the opponent is put into graveyard
• Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker

Logs/screenshots/game-state

game-state-turn-14-2026-07-22T21-53-31-813Z.json

[mike-theDude]

Triage analysis

Clarified summary
Cards exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker's replacement effect cannot be played after sacrificing it, and the void counters on those exiled cards are not visible.

Oracle text (verified from client/public/card-data.json)

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Investigation findings
The two halves of the report have different causes.

1. Cannot play the exiled card — a known parser gap. The replacement half is supported and correctly records the exile with a void counter, which matches the reporter's note that the exile behaviour itself works. The activated ability, however, is unsupported at its top level: the "choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it" selection is not represented, so the free-cast child underneath it has nothing to bind to. That is precisely the reported inability to play anything after sacrificing. The missing primitive is a choice over exiled cards filtered by owner and by counter presence — a reusable selection, since several cards exile with a marker counter and later grant play permission on cards carrying it.

2. Void counters not visible in exile — a separate display gap. The replacement records the void counter on the exiled card, so this is the exile zone's rendering not surfacing counters rather than the counter being absent.

Reproduction status
A game state is attached to this issue.

Acceptance criteria

• Sacrificing Dauthi Voidwalker prompts a choice among exiled cards an opponent owns that have a void counter.
• The chosen card can be played that turn without paying its mana cost, and the permission expires at end of turn.
• Counters on cards in exile are visible to the player.

[mike-theDude]

Classifier analysis

Verdict: unsupported_aspect

Matched clause: {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost. (supported: false)

Reasoning: The activated ability is explicitly unsupported at its top level — the choice over exiled cards filtered by opponent ownership and void-counter presence is not represented, leaving the free-cast child with nothing to bind to. That is exactly the reported inability to play anything after sacrificing. The replacement half is supported and does record the exile with a void counter, so the separate complaint that counters are invisible on exiled cards is a rendering gap, not a missing counter.

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Posted by bug-coverage-classifier skill.