fixed arbor elf, he snuck in with one of my test changes recently.
note:lovisa actual card and the massive errattas she received makes the card text make absolutely no sense at all.
Lake of the Dead
trigon of mending
lord of shatterskull pass
gorilla shaman
kumano
nightsky mimic
this one is debatable...lovisa cold eyes
what i did here was code lovisa EXACTLY as written on her card...
the erratta that was given to this card becuase it was considered "overpowered" was redicoulous....absolutely redicoulous...by the card her code is exactly as follows...
this card is FAR to basic to say there is a mistake in my understanding of it.
subtype=human lord <---this is on the card...
she is NOT a barbarian...
exact wording on the card
Warriors, Berserkers, and Barbarians creatures get +2/+2 and have haste.
this is coded
auto=lord(warrior) 2/2
auto=lord(berserker) 2/2
auto=lord(barbarian) 2/2
auto=lord(warrior) haste
auto=lord(berserker) haste
auto=lord(barbarian) haste
this is the real lovisa....
errattas are fine, but its wotc that made the mistake of creating this card in the first place :) if you hit gatherer i think you will agree...
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=113542
following the actual card on this one...ditching the erratta.
* added Anowon, the Ruin Sage, the Ruin Sage as a borderline card since the card works as specified except that the player selects for the AI what card to sacrifice.
auto=maxplay(land)+1 opponent --- works!
[card]
name=Rites of Flourishing
auto=maxplay(land)+1 opponent
auto=maxplay(land)+1
auto=@each my draw:draw:1 controller
auto=@each opponent draw:draw:1 opponent
text=At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. -- Each player may play an additional land on each of his or her turns.
mana={2}{G}
type=Enchantment
[/card]
- added maxCast and maxPlay abilities, this deprecates the following abilities: nospells,nocreatures,onlyonespell,land
I usually don't like to deprecate abilities, but the existing ones, despite having easy to remember names, were really not flexible enough.
If you want to use these old keywords, instead use:
-- nospells => maxCast(*)0
-- onlyOneSpell => maxCast(*)1
--nocreatures => maxCast(creature)0
--land:1 => maxplay(land)+1
note maxPlay and maxCast. They follow similar rules, but maxPlay monitors the number of cards that are going on the Battlefield, while maxCast monitors the stack. In most cases, maxCast should be the one to use, but lands are a special case because they go directly to play.
I unfortunately cannot guarantee I didn't break anything, especially in the AI, but the test suite passes ,and I added a few additional tests yesterday and today, to feel more confident about the change.
next step is removing the creatures keywords that do the same kind of thing (cantcast, etc...) and replace them with maxCast
1. Fire Dragon(It has same problem as unchanged Honden Of Infinite Rage, using new code "type:" to fix it.)
auto=foreach(mountain|myBattlefield) damage:1 target(creature) oneshot
==>
auto=damage:type:mountain target(creature)
2. Burden of Greed
auto=foreach(artifact[tapped]|opponentBattlefield)damage:1
==>
auto=foreach(artifact[tapped]|opponentBattlefield) life:-1 opponent
New code for Paralyze uses "teach(...)":
[card]
name=Paralyze
target=creature
auto=tap
auto=doesnotuntap
auto=teach(creature) {4}:untap myUpkeepOnly
text=Enchant creature -- When Paralyze enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature. -- Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. -- At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {4}. If he or she does, untap the creature.
mana={B}
type=Enchantment
subtype=Aura
[/card]
general tip on getting ai to use an ability on a card.
titan forge for exsample
[card]
name=Titan Forge
auto={3}{T}:counter(0/0,1,Charge)
auto={T}{C(0/0,-3,Charge)}:token(Golem,Artifact Creature Golem,9/9)
text={3},{T}: Put a charge counter on Titan Forge. -- {T}, Remove three charge counters from Titan Forge: Put a 9/9 colorless Golem artifact creature token onto the
battlefield.
mana={3}
type=Artifact
[/card]
with the counter ability above the counter cost ability, ai will rarely ever use the titan forge to make a token.
however if you change the order around, ai will see the token ability first...then if it can afford it then it will make a token.
