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Closes #9208
Closes #8481

What was wrong

Siphon Insight: "You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell." The rider chunk fell through to the catch-all SpendManaAsAnyColor branch of lower_imperative_clause and became a sibling GenericEffect with a bare board-wide static. Measured on main end to end:

pre-fix post-fix
after the dig WaitingFor::OptionalEffectChoice { description: None } — an empty "do you want to?" no prompt
permission on the exiled card mana_spend_permission: None Some(AnyColor)
exiled {G} card, caster has only Swamps CastSpellActionNotAllowed("Cannot pay mana cost") cast, one Swamp tapped

CR 118.14: the concession "applies only to mana that player spends to cast spells that way" — it belongs on the grant, not beside it. The transient static the accepted GenericEffect installed is read by no cast-time payment check.

Fix

  • The rider is a PriorModifier::ManaSpendPermission: try_parse_mana_spend_rider recognizes "[you may] spend mana as though it were mana of any color|type to cast " and "Mana of any type|color can be spent to cast " (with or without the "If you cast a spell this way," gate); the chunk loop emits it only when the clause it follows grants a cast without a concession; assembly stamps the last def — CastFromZone or GrantCastingPermission { PlayFromExile }, descending its sub-ability chain (debug_assert!ed).
  • One combinator, parse_any_mana_word, decides the permission — "color" → AnyColor, "type" → AnyTypeOrColor (CR 106.1a/106.1b) — for the rider and the four inline conjunct recognizers in the same file.
  • A rider that relaxes a single kind of mana ("spend colorless mana …", "mana from snow sources …") is ManaSpendRider::SingleKindUnimplemented (UNREPRESENTABLE_MANA_SPEND_CONCESSION_GAP), not a prompt and not a permission widened to every mana.
  • Two inline conjunct recognizers were missing printed objects: try_parse_exile_play_grant_with_any_mana now accepts "… can be spent to cast it" (Court of Locthwain Court of Locthwain — [[Court of Locthwain]] not letting me cast the card it exiled. #8481, Blightwing Bandit, Cruelclaw's Heist), try_parse_play_the_exiled_card_grant the comma and the "it" object (Reno and Rude). Those four sentences fell through to the catch-all whole, grant included — the exiled card was never offered at all.
  • One authority instead of two: the narrower fold in lower.rs (is_spend_mana_as_any_color_rider + attach_any_color_mana_rider_to_previous_play_from_exile: PlayFromExile as the last def only, "you may spend" only, AnyTypeOrColor for "any color") is removed.
  • Corpus (card-data baked before/after on this base, 36 039 card names, walked by node)

    37 cards change, nothing else.

    15 gain the printed concession and lose the sibling static — every one that printed "you may" also drops the optional: true behind the prompt

    Siphon Insight; Gale's Redirection; Rahilda, Feral Outlaw; Rahilda, Wanted Cutthroat; Robber of the Rich; Whispersteel Dagger; Rogue Class; Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor; Xanathar, Guild Kingpin; Black Cat, Cunning Thief; Gonti, Night Minister; Klaw, Master of Sound; The Madcap Jester; Fear of the Unknown; Bloodsoaked Insight.

    16 already had the concession; "any color" now reads AnyColor instead of AnyTypeOrColorallows_spending_as_any_color is the only payment-path reader and treats both alike

    Author of Shadows; Brainstealer Dragon; Breeches, Brazen Plunderer; Covetous Urge; Cunning Rhetoric; Daxos of Meletis; Elder Brain; Grenzo, Havoc Raiser; Hurl Through Hell; Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa; Mezzio Mugger; Psychic Intrusion; The Ruinous Powers; You Find Some Prisoners; Nassari, Dean of Expression; Stolen Strategy.

    4 regain the grant the catch-all had swallowed with its conjunct: Court of Locthwain (PlayFromExile { Permanent, AnyTypeOrColor } next to the untouched monarch free cast), Blightwing Bandit, Cruelclaw's Heist (gift gate kept), Reno and Rude ("if you do" gate and "this turn" kept).

    2 become honest gaps: Abstruse Appropriation keeps its grant and carries the colorless-only rider as Unimplemented; Draugr Necromancer's line lowered as a Spell-kind ability run once when the creature spell resolves — an optional cast of any exiled card, the ice-counter/opponent-owned filter dropped — and is now reported unsupported as a whole.

    Not reached, named: payment does not yet tell the two variants apart — on main colored mana never pays a {C} pip (casting.rs, pays: any_color && required != Colorless), although CR 118.14 has "mana of any type" allow it; the payment seam is the next PR. Evelyn, the Covetous's collection-counter trigger writes AnyTypeOrColor from a different line's wording. Two shapes where the conjunct never becomes a chunk of its own — 9 sentences the catch-all still captures whole (Arvinox #8104, Taster of Wares, Playtest Wish, …) and 9 where the grant is kept and the conjunct lost without a gap for it (Petty Larceny and 8 more) — are #9213.

    Tests

    • tests/integration/siphon_insight_mana_rider.rs — Siphon Insight (conjunct, CastFromZone), Bloodsoaked Insight (own sentence with the gate, PlayFromExile) and Court of Locthwain (inline "… to cast it", driven through P0's own upkeep trigger; once as a non-monarch paying {G} with a Swamp, once as the monarch casting it for free — the two halves Court of Locthwain — [[Court of Locthwain]] not letting me cast the card it exiled. #8481 names) through GameScenario/GameRunner: exact prompt sequence, every recorded permission's concession, the cast and its tapped lands. With the fold disabled: Siphon fails at the OptionalEffectChoice, Bloodsoaked at the None concession; without the new alternative Court fails at the pre-fix phantom prompt (inline_any_mana_conjunct_accepts_it_and_the_comma pins both alternatives).
    • oracle_effect/tests.rsmana_spend_rider_folds_onto_the_preceding_cast_grant (fails without the fold), mana_spend_rider_folds_nothing_without_a_matching_grant (its single-kind half fails without the fix; its no-grant half is a pin), mana_spend_rider_grammar (pin).
    • Pins moved with the shape: leading_duration_distribution_7923.rs (Xanathar's chain leaf is the play permission, four links; You Find Some Prisoners reads AnyColor), three oracle_effect tests (Brainstealer Dragon; look-and-play grant; duration-scoped tracked-exile grant).

    Playtested in the local client: Siphon Insight, Bloodsoaked Insight, Black Cat, Court of Locthwain with and without the monarch.

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    • Bug Fixes
      • Mana payment permissions on cast-from-exile effects now correctly apply only to the associated cast permission.
      • “Mana of any color” and “mana of any type” are interpreted distinctly.
      • These permissions no longer create unrelated additional effects or optional prompts.
      • Narrower permissions, such as colorless or snow mana, are identified as unsupported rather than incorrectly broadened.
      • Target-choice timing is now preserved for effects whose wording does not explicitly use “target.”
    • Tests
      • Added coverage for parsing and resolving these mana-payment riders across multiple effects.

…Siphon Insight)

"You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may
spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell." — the
second half is a payment concession that applies only to mana spent casting
through the granted permission (CR 118.14 + CR 609.4b). The
chunk loop split it off and it reached the catch-all `SpendManaAsAnyColor`
branch of `lower_imperative_clause`, becoming a sibling `GenericEffect` with
a bare board-wide static: its "you may" surfaced an empty
`OptionalEffectChoice` after the dig, the recorded permission carried
`mana_spend_permission: None`, and no cast-time payment check reads the
transient static — with only Swamps the exiled {G} card was refused
("Cannot pay mana cost").

The rider is now a `PriorModifier::ManaSpendPermission`:
`try_parse_mana_spend_rider` recognizes both spellings ("[you may] spend mana
as though it were mana of any color/type to cast …", "Mana of any type can
be spent to cast …", with or without the "If you cast a spell this way,"
gate); the chunk loop emits it only when the clause it follows grants a cast
without a concession (`prior_clause_grants_a_cast_without_mana_spend_permission`),
and assembly stamps the last def — `CastFromZone` or `GrantCastingPermission
{ PlayFromExile }`, descending its sub-ability chain
(`attach_mana_spend_permission_to_prior_cast_grant`, `debug_assert!`ed to
find what the predicate admitted). The word after "any" decides the
permission through one combinator, `parse_any_mana_word`: "color" →
`AnyColor`, "type" → `AnyTypeOrColor` (CR 106.1a/106.1b) — the four inline
conjunct recognizers in the same file use it too. Evelyn, the Covetous's
collection-counter trigger (`parse_exile_top_each_library_with_collection_counter_ir`)
still writes `AnyTypeOrColor` from a different line's wording and is left
alone.

A rider that relaxes a single kind of mana ("spend colorless mana as though
…", "spend mana from snow sources as though …") is `ManaSpendRider::SingleKind`:
`ManaSpendPermission` has no such shape, so after a grant it is emitted as
`Unimplemented` (`UNREPRESENTABLE_MANA_SPEND_CONCESSION_GAP`) instead of a
"may" prompt plus a permission widened to every mana.

This replaces the second authority for the same rider
(`is_spend_mana_as_any_color_rider` +
`attach_any_color_mana_rider_to_previous_play_from_exile`, lower.rs): it saw
only a `PlayFromExile` grant as the last def, only the "you may spend"
spelling, and stamped `AnyTypeOrColor` for "any color". Both are removed.

Two inline conjunct recognizers were missing objects that cards print in
the same sentence: `try_parse_exile_play_grant_with_any_mana` now accepts
"… can be spent to cast it" (Court of Locthwain, phase-rs#8481; Blightwing Bandit;
Cruelclaw's Heist) and `try_parse_play_the_exiled_card_grant` the comma and
the "it" object in ", and mana of any … to cast it" (Reno and Rude). Those
four sentences fell through to the catch-all whole, grant included — the
exiled card was never offered at all. Petty Larceny ("… for as long as THEY
remain exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast THEM") is the same
recognizer two objects away, but its head is claimed by the for-as-long-as
duration grammar first (the conjunct lands as an `Unrecognized` condition),
so it is not one alternative but a seam — follow-up issue.

Corpus (card-data baked before/after, 36039 card names, walked by node): 37 cards
change. 15 gain the concession they print and lose the sibling static —
Siphon Insight; Gale's Redirection; Rahilda, Feral Outlaw; Rahilda, Wanted
Cutthroat; Robber of the Rich; Whispersteel Dagger; Rogue Class; Tibalt,
Cosmic Impostor; Xanathar, Guild Kingpin; Black Cat, Cunning Thief; Gonti,
Night Minister; Klaw, Master of Sound; The Madcap Jester; Fear of the
Unknown; Bloodsoaked Insight — every rider among them that printed "you may"
also drops the `optional: true` that produced the prompt. 16 already carried
the concession and now read `AnyColor` for "any color" instead of
`AnyTypeOrColor` — Author of Shadows; Brainstealer Dragon; Breeches, Brazen
Plunderer; Covetous Urge; Cunning Rhetoric; Daxos of Meletis; Elder Brain;
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser; Hurl Through Hell; Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa; Mezzio
Mugger; Psychic Intrusion; The Ruinous Powers; You Find Some Prisoners;
Nassari, Dean of Expression; Stolen Strategy — the value now matches the
printed word; `allows_spending_as_any_color` is the only payment-path reader
and treats both alike. 2 become honest gaps: Abstruse Appropriation keeps
its grant and carries the colorless-only rider as `Unimplemented`; Draugr
Necromancer's line lowered as a `Spell`-kind ability run once when the
creature spell resolves — an optional cast of ANY exiled card, the
ice-counter/opponent-owned filter dropped — and is now reported unsupported
as a whole. 4 regain the grant the catch-all had swallowed with the
conjunct: Court of Locthwain, Blightwing Bandit, Cruelclaw's Heist (gift
gate kept), Reno and Rude ("if you do" gate and "this turn" kept). Not
reached: 9 sentences the catch-all still captures whole, grant included
(Arvinox, phase-rs#8104; Taster of Wares; Playtest Wish; ...), and 9 where the grant
is kept and the conjunct lost without a gap for it — as an `Unrecognized`
for-as-long-as condition (Petty Larceny; Dead Man's Chest; Shadow of the
Enemy) or past a prefix-matched head (Lidless Gaze; Rakdos, the Muscle;
Apple of Eden, Isu Relic; Mr. Monopoly, On the Go; Dire Fleet Daredevil;
Nita, Forum Conciliator); both shapes are one follow-up issue. Payment
itself does not yet honour the two variants differently: on main colored
mana never pays a {C} pip, although CR 118.14 has "mana of any type" allow
it — the payment seam is the next PR.

Pins moved with the shape: `leading_duration_distribution_7923.rs`
(Xanathar's chain leaf is now the play permission carrying `AnyColor`, four
links instead of five; You Find Some Prisoners reads `AnyColor`) and three
`oracle_effect` tests (Brainstealer Dragon, the look-and-play grant, the
duration-scoped tracked-exile grant: `AnyColor`).

Tests: `siphon_insight_mana_rider.rs` drives Siphon Insight (conjunct form,
`CastFromZone`), Bloodsoaked Insight (separate sentence with the gate,
`PlayFromExile`) and Court of Locthwain (inline "… to cast it", through P0's
own upkeep trigger, once as a non-monarch paying with a Swamp and once as
the monarch casting for free — both halves the report names; fails without
the new alternative at the pre-fix phantom prompt) end to end — exact prompt
sequence, recorded concessions, and the {G} card cast with a Swamp; the
first two fail without the fold (Siphon at the optional prompt, Bloodsoaked
at the concession), as does the parser fold test and the single-kind half of
`mana_spend_rider_folds_nothing_without_a_matching_grant` (the bare static
returns). `mana_spend_rider_grammar` and the no-grant half of that test are
pins, not discriminators. `inline_any_mana_conjunct_accepts_it_and_the_comma`
pins the two new alternatives (fails without them).

Closes phase-rs#8481.

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The parser now folds any-color and any-type mana-spend riders into preceding cast grants. Single-kind concessions produce an explicit unimplemented gap. Clause IR also preserves declared target-choice timing. Parser and integration tests cover these changes.

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Mana-spend rider handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse and classify riders
crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/mod.rs
Cast-grant parsers distinguish AnyColor from AnyTypeOrColor. Rider grammar supports multiple cast-object forms and reports unsupported single-kind concessions.
Apply concessions to prior grants
crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_ir/effect_chain.rs, crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/assembly.rs, crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/lower.rs
PriorModifier::ManaSpendPermission attaches a concession to the preceding cast grant. The former specialized rider absorption helpers and path were removed.
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crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_ir/effect_chain.rs
ClauseIr and ClauseDraft now carry optional declared target-choice timing through clause construction and absorption.
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crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/tests.rs
Tests cover rider classification, folding for CastFromZone and PlayFromExile, unsupported concessions, inline conjuncts, and updated permission values.
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crates/engine/tests/integration/*
Integration tests verify no optional prompt, scoped permissions, off-color casting, free monarch casting, and updated chain shapes.

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  participant ClauseBuilder
  participant EffectAssembly
  participant CastPermission
  OracleParser->>ClauseBuilder: recognize mana-spend rider
  ClauseBuilder->>EffectAssembly: emit ModifyPrior
  EffectAssembly->>CastPermission: attach ManaSpendPermission to cast grant
  CastPermission->>CastPermission: use permission during granted cast
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In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/mod.rs`:
- Around line 18604-18607: Update the standalone mana-spend rider parsing branch
so ManaSpendRider::SingleKind returns UNREPRESENTABLE_MANA_SPEND_CONCESSION_GAP
instead of matching the shared phrase and emitting SpendManaAsAnyColor. Preserve
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Comment on lines +18604 to +18607
// "mana of any type can be spent to cast ..." with no cast grant before it
// in the chunk sequence (a rider after a grant is folded onto the grant by
// `try_parse_mana_spend_rider` earlier). Produce a GenericEffect with
// SpendManaAsAnyColor static.

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Route standalone single-kind mana riders to the unrepresentable gap. ManaSpendRider::SingleKind is handled only when a preceding cast grant exists. Without that grant, the parser falls through to the standalone branch, which matches the shared phrase and emits SpendManaAsAnyColor. A colorless- or snow-source rider can therefore receive the broader AnyColor permission. Route SingleKind to UNREPRESENTABLE_MANA_SPEND_CONCESSION_GAP in this branch as well.

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In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/mod.rs` around lines 18604 - 18607,
Update the standalone mana-spend rider parsing branch so
ManaSpendRider::SingleKind returns UNREPRESENTABLE_MANA_SPEND_CONCESSION_GAP
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Comment on lines +29090 to +29119
pub(crate) fn attach_mana_spend_permission_to_prior_cast_grant(
defs: &mut [AbilityDefinition],
permission: ManaSpendPermission,
) -> bool {
fn walk(def: &mut AbilityDefinition, permission: ManaSpendPermission) -> bool {
if let Some(sub) = def.sub_ability.as_mut() {
if walk(sub, permission) {
return true;
}
}
match &mut *def.effect {
Effect::CastFromZone {
mana_spend_permission: slot @ None,
..
}
| Effect::GrantCastingPermission {
permission:
CastingPermission::PlayFromExile {
mana_spend_permission: slot @ None,
..
},
..
} => {
*slot = Some(permission);
true
}
_ => false,
}
}
defs.last_mut().is_some_and(|def| walk(def, permission))

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Use one traversal to select the mana grant. When a clause has eligible cast grants at both the top level and in sub_ability, the admission helper selects the top-level grant first. The attachment helper then descends first and stamps the deepest eligible nested grant instead. The top-level grant remains without the rider, while the nested grant receives it. Share the lookup or return the selected grant path so both steps target the same grant.

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In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/mod.rs` around lines 29090 - 29119,
Update attach_mana_spend_permission_to_prior_cast_grant and its interaction with
the admission lookup to use one consistent traversal result, so both selection
and permission attachment target the same eligible grant. Preserve the existing
top-level-first selection order when eligible grants exist at multiple nesting
levels, rather than recursively attaching to the deepest grant.

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Comment on lines +71469 to +71472
assert!(
!widened,
"a concession narrower than \"mana\" must not widen the grant: {effects:?}"
);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Assert that the single-kind case still emits the cast grant.

The current assertions also pass if the grant disappears and only the Unimplemented gap remains. Add a positive grant-presence assertion:

🧪 Proposed reach-guard
+        assert!(
+            effects.iter().any(|effect| matches!(
+                effect,
+                Effect::CastFromZone {
+                    mana_spend_permission: None,
+                    ..
+                }
+                | Effect::GrantCastingPermission {
+                    permission:
+                        CastingPermission::PlayFromExile {
+                            mana_spend_permission: None,
+                            ..
+                        },
+                    ..
+                }
+            )),
+            "the cast grant must still lower next to the gap: {effects:?}"
+        );
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assert!(
!widened,
"a concession narrower than \"mana\" must not widen the grant: {effects:?}"
);
assert!(
!widened,
"a concession narrower than \"mana\" must not widen the grant: {effects:?}"
);
assert!(
effects.iter().any(|effect| matches!(
effect,
Effect::CastFromZone {
mana_spend_permission: None,
..
}
| Effect::GrantCastingPermission {
permission:
CastingPermission::PlayFromExile {
mana_spend_permission: None,
..
},
..
}
)),
"the cast grant must still lower next to the gap: {effects:?}"
);
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/tests.rs` around lines 71469 - 71472,
In the single-kind case covered by the assertion near the widened check, add a
positive assertion that effects contains a cast grant: accept either
Effect::CastFromZone or Effect::GrantCastingPermission with
mana_spend_permission set to None, and retain the existing diagnostic context.

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@matthewevans matthewevans self-assigned this Sep 22, 2026
# Conflicts:
#	crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/lower.rs
#	crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_ir/effect_chain.rs
@matthewevans matthewevans added the bug Bug fix label Sep 22, 2026

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Changes requested — the rider now reaches the right grant, but its any-type semantics and boundary cases are not yet merge-safe.

🔴 Blocker

  1. AnyTypeOrColor is recorded but not implemented at payment time. crates/engine/src/types/ability.rs:5119-5131 distinguishes it from AnyColor, while crates/engine/src/game/casting.rs:4598 and :5097-5101 reduce both variants to allows_spending_as_any_color(). CR 118.14 says mana of any type may be spent as though it were colorless mana or mana of any color, so a colored mana source must also be able to satisfy {C} through this permission. Add the type-aware payment projection at the casting authority and a real granted-cast regression that pays a {C} requirement with colored mana; retain the existing off-color {G} cases for the color axis.

  2. A standalone single-kind rider is still widened to the generic any-color static. crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/mod.rs:29051-29060 correctly classifies a narrower subject as ManaSpendRider::SingleKind, but only the preceding-grant route emits UNREPRESENTABLE_MANA_SPEND_CONCESSION_GAP (:37285-37320). With no eligible preceding grant, :18607-18629 instead accepts the shared phrase and produces SpendManaAsAnyColor. Route SingleKind through the same honest-unimplemented path before that broad fallback, and test colorless- and snow-source rider examples with no preceding grant.

  3. The grant selected for admission can differ from the grant that receives the rider. prior_clause_grants_a_cast_without_mana_spend_permission checks the outer effect before sub_ability (crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/mod.rs:29107-29108), but attach_mana_spend_permission_to_prior_cast_grant descends into sub_ability first (:29123-29148). A clause containing eligible outer and nested grants therefore admits based on one grant and stamps the other. Make selection and mutation share one traversal/path, and cover that two-grant shape.

  4. The single-kind parser regression lacks a positive reach guard. crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/tests.rs:72024-72055 proves only that no permission was widened and an Unimplemented exists; it still passes if the adjacent cast grant disappears. Assert that the expected CastFromZone or PlayFromExile grant remains with mana_spend_permission: None.

  5. Current CI is terminal red before card-data can publish its parse-diff receipt: the maintainer port leaves an unused ManaSpendPermission import at crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_effect/lower.rs:39, and rustfmt reports crates/engine/src/parser/oracle_ir/effect_chain.rs:16. Remove/format these small port artifacts and rerun the CI receipt.

✅ Clean

The bug type label remains appropriate for this repair; the intent to attach a rider to the immediately preceding cast permission is the right seam.

Recommendation: address the five items above, then request a fresh current-head review.

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