(It also tended to cast any playable spell as soon as possible, and assume you have no castable spells, a greater weakness given the longer games 5th Edition tended towards.) While the first game's AI was a remarkable achievement for its time, there was no way to provide it with hints on how to play specific decks, rendering a number of monsters crippled in the single-player game (their difficulty was instead balanced though life handicapping and chance of A.I.

This refers mostly to the second game by that name and publisher.

Artificial Brilliance: For Duel of the Planeswalkers, the programmers had a very difficult task in programming an AI that could deal with all the rule-changing cards of the game itself (and there are possibly more of them than in any other card game because of Magic's 'Golden Rule', which states that the text of a card takes priority over the rest of the rules).

It's particularly amusing to see it countering its own spells. Roulette: On the other hand, the computer has a particular talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory because it randomly selects its moves.

Also, while no pre-built deck combines Spellbook (no hand size limit) with Ivory Tower (Gain life every turn equal to the cards in hand minus four), should YOU make one and the computer gets both those cards on the field, he will proceed to play NOTHING.

Therefore, mana lock him, and he will be enchanting your creatures with Holy Strength in no time.

And there are a few decks that can eliminate enemy lands with ease.

We can do you one better: The enemy A.I will also do similar moves if it's above the seven card limit.

At this point the computer will do whatever it takes to reduce its own hand, even if the move itself is worse than just taking the damage or even if there's an obvious, obviously better move (using a card to kill his own creatures when he can kill yours, for example), and even if it's well below the four-card safe range. Breaker: While the AI of the Microprose game isnt very smart by itself, it does seem to understand the game until you play Black Vise. Magic The Gathering Duels Of The Planeswalkers.

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