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Fixes a parser misparse affecting 1 card(s) in the Doctor Who Commander precons.

Root cause: UNSUPPORTED one-off: Ace's Baseball Bat

Cards corrected

  • Ace's Baseball Bat

Fix

Implemented cluster 65 by parameterizing the existing StaticMode::MustBeBlocked into the data-carrying MustBeBlocked { by: Option<TargetFilter> } (CR 509.1c) — a strict generalization (None = today's bare "must be blocked if able"; Some(filter) = "must be blocked by a if able"). This fixes BOTH Ace's Baseball Bat ("must be blocked by a Dalek if able", conditional on "as long as attacking") and Slayer's Cleaver ("must be blocked by an Eldrazi if able", unconditional), replacing the prior honest-deferral Effect::Unimplemented scaffolding with a fully modeled, rules-enforced typed static. The change is the positive mirror of the existing CantBeBlockedBy { filter } machinery and reuses the same combat-enforcement loop.

LAYERS TOUCHED: (1) Type — variant + Hash (discriminant-only)/as_keyword/Display(one-way Debug, mirrors CantBeBlockedBy)/from_str(None). (2) Coverage — added to is_data_carrying_static; removed the now-invalid exact-key registry insert in static_abilities.rs (a non-Hash TargetFilter cannot key a HashMap). (3) Combat — the rules authority: rewrote the MustBeBlocked enforcement block to iterate PER-REQUIREMENT with the optional filter via new helper must_be_blocked_requirements_for_attacker; satisfied = an assigned blocker matching by (None = any), able = the existing has_available_blocker scan AND matches_target_filter for the Some case. None reproduces today's exact behavior (regression-safe). (4) AI — declare-blocker classification pattern update only (legal-actions already route through the combat validator). (5) Parser — new nom combinator parse_must_be_blocked_by_quality (tag/take_until, the parse IS the detector) + must_be_blocked_quality_to_filter (reuses parse_chosen_qualifier_subject then parse_type_phrase, the same quality combinators CantBeBlockedBy uses) feeding the conditional (shared.rs, gated on the same combat condition), non-conditional (grammar.rs), and standalone (dispatch.rs) paths.

VERIFICATION: cargo fmt clean; cargo clippy -p engine --all-targets -D warnings clean; cargo test -p engine 16145 passed / 0 failed (incl. 2 new combat runtime-proof tests proving the parsed MustBeBlocked{by:Some(Dalek)} reaches validate_blockers and rejects a non-Dalek-only block while a Dalek is able, and a building-block parser test for the filter). Regenerated card-data: both cards 0 Unimplemented; Ace's emits MustBeBlocked{by:Some(Typed[Subtype:Dalek])} with condition RecipientMatchesFilter{Attacking} + affected EquippedBy; Slayer's emits MustBeBlocked{by:Some(Typed[Subtype:Eldrazi])} unconditional. semantic-audit: neither card flagged. Task parser diff gate: PASS (no string-dispatch in added lines). check-parser-combinators.sh returns 1 but that is PRE-EXISTING branch debt (it diffs vs ancestor commit ff799f8 and flags lines in files I never edited, e.g. shared.rs a.split(\", \")); my uncommitted parser diff introduces ZERO forbidden patterns (verified). All CR numbers grep-verified against docs/MagicCompRules.txt.

JUDGEMENT CALLS: (a) Hardened the standalone dispatch.rs branch to capture the filtered form too (not just the attached-grant paths) so a hypothetical creature-printed "must be blocked by X" is never silently weakened to bare — never ship a silent misparse. (b) must_be_blocked_quality_to_filter lowercases internally and builds TextPair honestly so it is correct for mixed-case callers (a direct unit test caught a TextPair debug-assert). (c) Restored two data files (crates/engine/data/known-tokens.toml, oracle-subtypes.json) that gen-card-data.sh rewrote as a side effect of the verification step — they are generator artifacts from this worktree's local pool (a pruned token list + an unrelated "Shi-Ar" subtype), not part of the logical change; restored to keep the diff surgical (my own side-effect in an isolated upstream/main worktree, not another agent's work). (d) Fixed the dormant mtgish-import crate's one mechanical construction site to keep the workspace compiling (Boy Scout) without routing anything through mtgish.

NO STOP-AND-RETURN ITEMS: every piece was achievable in-scope; no CR ambiguity, no new subsystem.

Files changed

  • crates/engine/src/types/statics.rs
  • crates/engine/src/game/static_abilities.rs
  • crates/engine/src/game/coverage.rs
  • crates/engine/src/game/combat.rs
  • crates/engine/src/ai_support/filter.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_static/grammar.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_static/shared.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_static/dispatch.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_static/evasion.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_static/tests.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/subject.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/imperative.rs
  • crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/mod.rs
  • crates/engine/tests/squirrel_perf_probe.rs
  • crates/mtgish-import/src/convert/static_effect.rs

CR references

  • CR 509.1c (line 2347, docs/MagicCompRules.txt — defending player must obey block requirements up to the maximum possible; the authorizing rule for both bare and filtered must-be-blocked)
  • CR 509.1b (line 2343 — block restrictions; a creature that can't legally block doesn't make a requirement obey-able)
  • CR 105.4 (choosing a color — mirrors the existing CantBeBlockedBy quality-parse rationale)
  • CR 608.2c (spell/ability instruction following — mirrors CantBeBlockedBy comment)
  • CR 611.3a (continuous effects from static abilities are re-evaluated each layer cycle — the 'as long as attacking' gate)
  • CR 508.1a (active player chooses attackers — combat-state gate provenance)
  • CR 613.1f (Layer 6 ability-adding/keyword effects — grant-conjunct modeling)

Verification

  • cargo fmt --all — pass
  • ./scripts/check-parser-combinators.sh <upstream/main merge-base> — pass (initially failed on a test-assertion .contains() in oracle_static/tests.rs:6537, a file this cluster changed; fixed with a legitimate // allow-noncombinator annotation and committed as 6efa7a3; re-run clean)
  • cargo clippy -p engine --all-targets -- -D warnings — pass (exit 0, clean; fix's own changed files clippy-clean)
  • cargo test -p engine — pass (exit 0, all tests passed)
  • oracle-gen --filter "ace's baseball bat" — pass (AST matches Oracle text; MustBeBlocked by Dalek + Equip legendary creature {1} both modeled; no Unimplemented/Unknown)
    Cards confirmed re-parsed correctly: Ace's Baseball Bat

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Parse changes introduced by this PR · 15 card(s), 25 signature(s) (baseline: main 1eb9c55dcbd3)

2 card(s) · static/Continuous · removed: Continuous (affects=equipped by self creature)

Examples: Ace's Baseball Bat, Slayer's Cleaver

2 card(s) · static/MustBeBlocked · removed: MustBeBlocked (affects=self)

Examples: Gorm the Great, Nacatl War-Pride

2 card(s) · ability/empty · added: empty

Examples: Demonic Hordes, Goblin Flotilla

1 card(s) · ability/ChangeZone · field target: triggering sourceself

Examples: Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

1 card(s) · ability/ChooseFromZone · added: ChooseFromZone (count=1, zone=exile)

Examples: Amy Pond

1 card(s) · static/Continuous · field conditional: not (shares a color with the most common color among all permanents)

Examples: Heroic Defiance

1 card(s) · ability/DealDamage · removed: DealDamage (amount=event amount, target=any target)

Examples: Magma Pummeler

1 card(s) · ability/MustBeBlocked · added: MustBeBlocked (affects=self, duration=until end of turn, grants=MustBeBlocked)

Examples: Nacatl War-Pride

1 card(s) · static/MustBeBlocked:By(Typed(TypedFilter { type_filters: [Subtype("Dalek")], controll… · added: MustBeBlocked:By(Typed(TypedFilter { type_filters: [Subtype("Dalek")], controller: None, properties: [] })) (affects=equipped by self creature, conditional=rec…

Examples: Ace's Baseball Bat

1 card(s) · static/MustBeBlocked:By(Typed(TypedFilter { type_filters: [Subtype("Eldrazi")], contro… · added: MustBeBlocked:By(Typed(TypedFilter { type_filters: [Subtype("Eldrazi")], controller: None, properties: [] })) (affects=equipped by self creature)

Examples: Slayer's Cleaver

1 card(s) · ability/PutCounter · field counter: Sum { exprs: [Ref { qty: ObjectCount { filter: Typed(TypedFilter { type_filters: [Card], controller: None, properties: …Sum { exprs: [Ref { qty: ObjectCount { filter: Typed(TypedFilter { type_filters: [Card], controller: None, properties: …

Examples: Rose Tyler

1 card(s) · ability/RemoveCounter · added: RemoveCounter (counter=2 hour, target=self)

Examples: Midnight Oil

1 card(s) · ability/RemoveCounter · added: RemoveCounter (counter=EventContextAmount P1P1, target=self)

Examples: Magma Pummeler

1 card(s) · ability/RemoveCounter · field target: parent targetself

Examples: Ventifact Bottle

1 card(s) · ability/RollDie · added: RollDie (sides=6)

Examples: Jumbo Imp

1 card(s) · ability/Tap · field target: parent targetself

Examples: Ventifact Bottle

1 card(s) · static/TopOfLibraryHasPlot · added: TopOfLibraryHasPlot (affects=any target)

Examples: Fblthp, Lost on the Range

1 card(s) · static/TopOfLibraryPlotPermission · added: TopOfLibraryPlotPermission (affects=non-land)

Examples: Fblthp, Lost on the Range

1 card(s) · ability/choose · removed: choose

Examples: Amy Pond

1 card(s) · ability/effect_structure · removed: effect_structure

Examples: Fblthp, Lost on the Range

1 card(s) · ability/roll · removed: roll

Examples: Jumbo Imp

1 card(s) · ability/static_structure · added: static_structure

Examples: Gorm the Great

1 card(s) · ability/static_structure · removed: static_structure

Examples: Fblthp, Lost on the Range

1 card(s) · ability/unless · removed: unless

Examples: Demonic Hordes

1 card(s) · ability/unless · removed: unless (duration=until end of combat)

Examples: Goblin Flotilla

1 card(s) had Oracle-text changes (errata/reprint) — excluded as non-parser.

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Reviewed current head 6efa7a34ada87b2a6c09c10cd2840b1934f592a6.

[MED] Filtered MustBeBlocked treats already-assigned matching blockers as unavailable even when they can block more creatures. Evidence: crates/engine/src/game/combat.rs:1407 immediately rejects every blocker in assigned_blockers while searching for an available Dalek/Eldrazi, but the existing MustBeBlockedByAll path checks spare block capacity with assigned_count < extra_block_limit(...) at crates/engine/src/game/combat.rs:1496. Why it matters: a matching blocker with an ExtraBlockers allowance can legally also block Ace's Baseball Bat / Slayer's Cleaver, so this validator can accept an illegal declaration that leaves an able matching blocker unused. Suggested fix: mirror the spare-capacity logic for filtered MustBeBlocked { by: Some(_) } availability and add a subtype-filtered test where the matching blocker is already assigned elsewhere but can block an additional creature.

[MED] The mtgish import path still rejects the filtered rule shape this PR now supports. Evidence: crates/mtgish-import/src/schema/types.rs:1854 defines MustBeBlockedByADefender(Box<Permanents>), and the checked-in mtgish data uses it for Ace's Baseball Bat and Slayer's Cleaver, but crates/mtgish-import/src/convert/static_effect.rs:311 only maps bare P::MustBeBlocked; the filtered variant still reaches the UnknownVariant fallback at crates/mtgish-import/src/convert/static_effect.rs:372. Why it matters: the parser/runtime now claims support for these filtered requirements, but regenerated mtgish imports for the same cards still fail to convert. Suggested fix: map P::MustBeBlockedByADefender(filter) to StaticMode::MustBeBlocked { by: Some(filter::convert(filter)?) } and add import coverage for the Dalek/Eldrazi cases.

@matthewevans matthewevans added the enhancement New feature or request label Jun 29, 2026
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Resolves both CHANGES_REQUESTED items from @matthewevans:

[MED] combat.rs — filtered MustBeBlocked spare-capacity correctness
Previously, has_available_blocker for MustBeBlocked { by: Some(filter) }
rejected any creature in assigned_blockers regardless of its ExtraBlockers
capacity, mirroring a bug that MustBeBlockedByAll already handled correctly.
Fix: switch the early-exit from assigned_blockers.contains(id) (all-attacker
set) to blockers_per_attacker.get(&attacker_id).is_some_and(|bl| bl.contains(id))
(this-attacker set), and add attackers_per_blocker.get(id) < extra_block_limit()
to allow multi-block-capable creatures to count as available — mirroring the
MustBeBlockedByAll path at combat.rs:1496.
Test: must_be_blocked_filtered_counts_multi_blocker_spare_capacity (Dalek
with ExtraBlockers{count:Some(1)} blocking another attacker must still cover
the MustBeBlocked attacker; assigned to both is legal).

[MED] static_effect.rs — wire MustBeBlockedByADefender in mtgish converter
P::MustBeBlockedByADefender(filter) previously fell through to UnknownVariant.
Now maps to StaticMode::MustBeBlocked { by: Some(filter::convert(filter)?) },
matching the engine type this PR introduced. Covers Dalek (Ace's Baseball Bat)
and Eldrazi (Slayer's Cleaver) cases in the mtgish corpus.
CR 509.1c annotation added.
Test: must_be_blocked_by_a_defender_lowers_to_filtered_must_be_blocked
verifies Dalek and Eldrazi cases convert to MustBeBlocked{by:Some(_)}.

Verification:
- cargo fmt --all — clean
- cargo clippy -p engine --all-targets — exit 0
- cargo clippy -p mtgish-import --all-targets — exit 0
- cargo test -p engine — 14139 passed / 0 failed
- cargo test -p mtgish-import (unit tests) — 1 new test passed
- check-parser-combinators.sh — no new forbidden patterns

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019aQYsGCjiRn71Z4vQDo9QR
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