Greg knows your secrets!

Boogeyman

I was playing today against Bolas and I had played dreadwaters twice, which Traps Five for each card and drains 6 mana from Bolas and gains me 3.   Bolas's colors are Red, Blue, and Black.  Lucky me, almost all of the "invisible" traps are on his matches!  

Well, what do you know, Greg chooses to match white!  The next turn Greg matches loyalty as opposed to mana!  The next turn he matches red that is the ONLY red on the board without a Trap.....

I know Greg needs help, but that is outright cheating.... Please make a Bot that doesn't PEEK at my traps, cards, etc.

Laeuftbeidir

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

bk1234

Also pretty much everyone avoids trap matches when Greg plays trap cards. It makes sense that he would too. 

Firinmahlazer

Laeuftbeidir said:

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

I've been playing for almost 2 years and am just now finding this out. 

Gideon

I would consider this a bug. I’m surprised a moderator hasn’t moved it to the bug section yet. 

Mburn7

Its funny, for the longest time it looked like Greg would go out of his way to match trap gems (I used to see Lil ignore 3 black matches to make a white one with 3 trap gems).

Ever since the AI difficulty shuffle when Ixalan came out Greg has been avoiding traps like the plague.  I've seen the exact thing you described happen a few times with Magistrate's Scepter.

Boogeyman

Laeuftbeidir said:

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

Wow, I swear...  every time I complain, I learn something new.  I think a book could be written outlining all the "features" that are never highlighted or mentioned in any game play instructions. 

andrewvanmarle

Being able to see here traps are is a bug in my book, the idea should be that they are invisible if you ask me

Mburn7

andrewvanmarle said:

Being able to see here traps are is a bug in my book, the idea should be that they are invisible if you ask me

If its a bug its a very very old one.  I've been using it since I started playing (back when Zendikar was new)

FindingHeart8

wait what you can see traps how is this a thing and how did I not know this???

Mburn7

FindingHeart8 said:

wait what you can see traps how is this a thing and how did I not know this???

Yeah, tap random gems and the support/walker will light up like with activate gems

FindingHeart8

Mburn7 said:

FindingHeart8 said:

wait what you can see traps how is this a thing and how did I not know this???

Yeah, tap random gems and the support/walker will light up like with activate gems

That's great to know, yet I feel like I'll probably have forgotten that by the next time I face an opponent who plays traps.

Would've been a game changer back in BfZ/Innistrad though...

Gunmix25

Laeuftbeidir said:

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

Where is @FindingHeart8 with an Admiral Akbar Meme?  

I had no idea about this trick. Thank you.

Mburn7

Gunmix25 said:

Laeuftbeidir said:

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

Where is @FindingHeart8 with an Admiral Akbar Meme?  

I had no idea about this trick. Thank you.

Probably still dealing with his morning coffee.  Give it time.

FindingHeart8

Mburn7 said:

Gunmix25 said:

Laeuftbeidir said:

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

Where is @FindingHeart8 with an Admiral Akbar Meme?  

I had no idea about this trick. Thank you.

Probably still dealing with his morning coffee.  Give it time.

FindingHeart8

Gunmix25 said:

Laeuftbeidir said:

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

Where is @FindingHeart8 with an Admiral Akbar Meme?  

I had no idea about this trick. Thank you.

Gunmix25

FindingHeart8 said:

Gunmix25 said

Laeuftbeidir said:

He doesn't know your cards.. But greg does indeed know where the traps are. But you can, too : when there are traps active, just tap the gems in question : the opponent will lighten up when you tap one of his traps

Where is @FindingHeart8 with an Admiral Akbar Meme?  

I had no idea about this trick. Thank you.

And all is right as rain.  

Stalker

Why care when traps don’t hurt the AI?

Skiglass6

Why would traps not hurt AI?  Shadows of the Past would do 4 dmg to AI and I would gain 4 life if Greg would hit a trap.  The revalation that Greg actively selects suboptimal mana gain to avoid traps frustrated me when it was first brought up. I would be fine if Greg knew that the traps were on black and was programmed to avoid black matches but not ok if Greg knows that a black match that doesn’t have a trap is ok to select. But I also never knew the trick to find them myself. So I guess we are on a level playing field. 

Gideon

This is why they made STV so Greg would have no choice but to hit your traps. 

Kinesia

Gideon said:

This is why they made STV so Greg would have no choice but to hit your traps. 

Grin. Yes, I've often put trap cards in my decks when playing Koth...