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Greater Arcane Missile's card text is confusing and poorly worded

Forget inconsistencies, this card is just really poorly worded.

It reads:

"Shoot three missiles at random enemies that deal 3 damage each."

There is just so much wrong with this card text.

First of all, what card even uses the word "shoot"?

Arcane Missiles certainly doesn't. It says "Deal 3 damage..."

Avenging Wrath also says "Deal 8 damage..."

Even Arcane Shot uses the text "Deal 2 damage"

So what was the last card that used the word "shoot"? It took me some digging, but I did find one. Can you guess what it is? Of course not. It's Flame Burst. What? You've never heard of that card? It's the unprinted card that Illidan uses in the tutorial of the game.

Second, having it say "random enemies that deal 3 damage each" just sounds wrong. We all know that what it means is it does 3 damage to 3 targets, but the way its worded sounds like it will deal damage to 3 minions with exactly 3 attack each.

Third, why is the first "three" typed out, but the second one is "3"? Is this some sort of joke to piss off grammar freaks like me? Or is this a secret hint that Half Life Three/3 has been confirmed?

All it has to say is:

"Deal 3 damage to 3 random enemies."

"Shoot three missiles that each deal 3 damage to a random enemy"

EASY SOLUTION. BLIZZ PLS.

Edit: There. Now it wouldn't be assumed to work like quick shot. I still hate using "shoot" which still doesn't fit with any cards, but at least now it doesn't have a misplaced modifier.

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