Purple wool is the block I first noticed it with, but all MaterialData sub classes cannot be passed as data to World#playEffect(Location, Effect, T) when the effect is Effect.TILE_BREAK.

I'm not 100% sure if the line number is correct but the method signature above is the method I am referring to in CraftWorld.
I found this line 829 in CraftWorld and 382 in CraftPlayer

Validate.isTrue(data.getClass().isAssignableFrom(effect.getData()), "Wrong kind of data for this effect!");

The validation check is backwards, the expected effect data should be assignable from the given data's type:

Validate.isTrue(effect.getData() != null && effect.getData().isAssignableFrom(data.getClass()), "Wrong kind of data for this effect!");