It's worded the way it is to leave room for further ways to play with instant and sorcery subtypes. Maybe they want to print adventure the next time around on a permanent that isn't a creature. Maybe the want to have effects that change the type of an instant or enchantment.
Now there's an argument I can respect. Always best to leave slack in these designs for future space.
T1 Witching Well
T2 Lucky Clover
T3 Adventure on Animating Faerie, attack for 8.
Haha, I think you have just discovered the Mono U Aggro deck:D
I have a lot of respect for the timing of the spoil of this. First we get a great Esper Deck that plays with Adventure and specifically Animating Faerie. Then over a week later, once we are all used to the idea Wizards is like "oh, and Adventures can do this too".
I'm pretty sure you don't even need "Instant or Sorcery" as Adventure is a sub-type of only those two things. The cleanest template is probably "Whenever you cast an Adventure" or for the flavor win, "Whenever you send a creature card on Adventure"
That wording reflects Arcane spells from Kamigawa, "Whenever you cast an Arcane spell"...but then you'd need clarification that you don't copy a creature spell that has an Adventure.
It probably could have been worded to reflect Edgewall Innkeeper, "Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that has an Adventure, copy that spell..." but then instants and sorceries don't really "have adventures".
Their template is probably the cleanest iteration. "Whenever you cast an Adventure instant or sorcery spell..."
I respect that. It still feels a little verbose but I don't think there's a way to word it that doesn't confuse someone.
I'm pretty sure you don't even need "Instant or Sorcery" as Adventure is a sub-type of only those two things. The cleanest template is probably "Whenever you cast an Adventure" or for the flavor win, "Whenever you send a creature card on Adventure"
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Now there's an argument I can respect. Always best to leave slack in these designs for future space.
I have a lot of respect for the timing of the spoil of this. First we get a great Esper Deck that plays with Adventure and specifically Animating Faerie. Then over a week later, once we are all used to the idea Wizards is like "oh, and Adventures can do this too".
I respect that. It still feels a little verbose but I don't think there's a way to word it that doesn't confuse someone.