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Reformatted; new flavor text; added hint to prevent AI wasting Ball Lightning
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#NAME:Ball Lightning #NAME:Ball Lightning
# #DESC:'Brief as the lightning
#DESC:"You are nothing #DESC:in the collied night /
#DESC: But more fuel #DESC:That, in a spleen, unfolds
#DESC: For my insatiable #DESC:both heaven and earth'
#DESC: Rage!" #DESC:William Shakespeare
# #HINT:alwaysattackwith(Ball Lightning)
Ball Lightning (M10) *4
Ball Lightning (M10) *4 Beacon of Destruction (10E) *2
Fire Tempest (POR) *2
Beacon of Destruction (10E) *2 # 28 direct damage spells Flame Burst (ODY) *4
Flame Burst (ODY) *4 Flame Javelin (SHM) *4
Flame Javelin (SHM) *4 Howling Mine (10E) *4
Kindle (TMP) *4 Kindle (TMP) *4
Lava Spike (CHK) *4 Lava Spike (CHK) *4
Lightning Bolt (M10) *4 Lightning Bolt (M10) *4
Fire Tempest (POR) *2 Mountain (10E) *4
Volcanic Hammer (POR) *4 Mountain (CHK) *4
Mountain (M10) *4
Howling Mine (10E) *4 # accelerates the game, makes more Mountain (ODY) *4
# # damage spells available Mountain (POR) *4
Mountain (TMP) *4
Mountain (10E) *24 Volcanic Hammer (POR) *4
# Cards considered, but not included:
# Sonic Burst - 4 damage is nice, discarding a card is not.
# Shock - nice damage per cost ratio, but 2 damage is too little,
# especially since the AI likes to use it on creatures with
# toughness >2
# Steam Blast - nice effect on all creatures and players, but
# damage amplitude of 2 is just a bit too little.
#
# Blaze - AI currently casts spells with "X" cost for too weak an
# effect
# Char - damage per cost ratio too low, and damages caster as well
# Earthquake - difficult to fine-tune for the AI: too little mana
# and the effect might be wasted, too much mana and the effect
# might be dangerous for the AI and its creatures as well.
# Fault Line - more expensive than Earthquake for same effect
# Fire Tempest - very expensive, and too dangerous for the AI
# Fireball - AI doesn't choose targets well
# Flamewave Invoker - ability too expensive compared to Beacon of
# Destruction
# Lava Axe - Too expensive for one-time use, esp. since red mana
# acceleration is currently not possible
# Lightning Blast - Too expensive
# Puncture Blast - damage per cost ratio too low. Wither damage
# would help against big creatures, but so do the walls, and the
# opponent hopefully won't last long enough to bring many big
# creatures out anyway.
# Puncture Bolt - effect too weak
# Scorching Spear - effect too weak
# Zap - too little damage, the AI often uses it on a creature
# that doesn't get killed by it, so the card is wasted.
# Jayemdae Tome - casting cost and ability cost too expensive in
# that deck; Howling Mine serves the same purpose, and hopefully
# the opponent will be dead before he can make much use of the
# cards he draws.
# Cards removed from the deck:
# none
# Notes:
#
# The AI doesn't target the damage spells well, often wasting them
# on creatures that are tough enough to survive the damage, or
# casting them on creatures when it could have won they game by
# targeting the opponent.
#
# The AI sometimes casts Ball Lightning and then doesn't attack
# with it, effectively wasting the card.