(As a player, I find the fact the AI always changes their behavior towards more defensive at exactly 5 life extremely abusable - I can always be 100% sure they won't block certain creatures or activate certain spells/abilties otherwise, and in many cases, if the AI already got down to 5 life, even if they do activate their big trump card, it's too late : the last 5 damage is way easy to deal.)
Used this for playing the past few days and it seemed to work without problems.
-Never play if would suicide, unless we are losing the game next turn anyway AND it results in a double KO
-If AI has the cards that work better on small hand, do play Price of Progress even if it doesn't deal good damage to the enemy. (important synergy within Tempest block with major tournament tier cards)
TODO : Ideally, the AI should hold 4 mana untapped as soon as it has 4 lands in play, and play Sudden Impact ASAP if there are 4+ cards, before the human has a chance to use up any.
Note : This might be slightly suboptimal for decks where the AI is forcing the other player to draw, and thus might deal more damage if waiting, but considering cards that force draw are usually played before this due to their mana cost and timing, I don't think this will be a problem (if such AI decks even exist right now) - especially as using one now and another later is always better than only using one and those decks should have many copies.
Will now target players if granted Lifelink or equivalent even if otherwise would not - self damage is not a concern
Are there any other cards that need AILogic "SelfDamage" or Svar "LikeLifeLink" added? If you are aware of any, please add!
Do prefer targeting the player if has a "when this deals damage to an opponent" trigger
Important : The AI should be able to recognize the ability stacks - if there are multiple cards that deal damage, they should be used to kill the target together. (for example, tap two prodigal sorcerers to kill a 2/2 creature!)
Unfortunately, I don't think I can implement this with my current knowledge.
Marked card AI playable.
Note : This also adds a new function to ComputerUtil,that checks if the AI is in danger of being killed, or if it has a same amount of life remaning - useful for future "pay life" AI decisions.
This ensures the AI never wastes an opportunity to counter a spell if it does not cost him a card - holding a "tap to counter target spell" ability for later use is generally bad as the AI cannot determine if they need the mana later or not - but in most cases they don't.
Required for cards Null Brooch and Ertai Wizard Adept in Tempest quest world.
