From e13f016740fb8717f953c5a9af2c88c934e377ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Agetian <stavdev@mail.ru>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:24:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] - Improved Birthing Pod AI.

---
 forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/SpecialCardAi.java | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/SpecialCardAi.java b/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/SpecialCardAi.java
index 1e86b94a7a6..ef6dd19c675 100644
--- a/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/SpecialCardAi.java
+++ b/forge-ai/src/main/java/forge/ai/SpecialCardAi.java
@@ -71,8 +71,14 @@ public class SpecialCardAi {
     public static class BirthingPod {
         public static boolean consider(final Player ai, SpellAbility sa) {
             Card source = sa.getHostCard();
-            CardCollection listToSac = CardLists.filter(ai.getCardsIn(ZoneType.Battlefield), CardPredicates.Presets.CREATURES);
+            PhaseHandler ph = ai.getGame().getPhaseHandler();
+            
+            if (!ph.is(PhaseType.MAIN2)) {
+                // Should be given a chance to cast other spells as well as to use a previously upgraded creature
+                return false;
+            }
 
+            CardCollection listToSac = CardLists.filter(ai.getCardsIn(ZoneType.Battlefield), CardPredicates.Presets.CREATURES);
             listToSac.sort(CardLists.CmcComparatorInv); // try to upgrade best creatures first
             
             for (Card sacCandidate : listToSac) {