Pantagruel said: It probably shouldn't still be killing it's own creatures with burn spells after 3 years, either.
jtwood said: MTGPQ's AI has never been able to play multi-mode cards in this game. Cycling never got cycled, and split cards were only cast for their "front" half. And if we're being honest, this sort of makes sense. It asks a lot of an AI to determine the best way to play those cards. But it did really suck that some matches would result in our opponent playing the tinykitty version of a card, thereby removing any sense of competition from the match.Adventure cards are unlike other multi-mode cards to grace MTGPQ. Most notably, if their spell side is played first, they come back to the hand as a single-option card. And this game knows how to play a single-option cards. And just to make things more interesting, most of the Adventure cards are better if you play the spell first. That may not apply to all cards at all times, but as a general rule of thumb, I would say that always playing the spell first is better than always playing the creature side. Petty Theft into Brazen Borrower... Fertile Footsteps into Beanstalk Giant... Swift End into Murderous Rider... Heart's Desire into Lovestruck Beast. So many of those cards work better when played spell-to-creature. All of this to say that I think the AI should be told to always play Adventure cards spell-to-creature. I think it would make the AI better, make this game more interesting, and generally improve the quality of play. And what's more, I bet this wouldn't be an egregious implementation update, too.
Bubbles_CS said: I think a simple “spell first” decision could cause these cards to become stuck in Greg’s hand if the spell can’t be cast. I’d prefer to see something closer to “cast the spell if possible; otherwise, cast the creature”.