Sphinx of Jwar Isle A.I.

[Jean le Chauve]

Marek reported:

It seems that computer peeks at its library with Sphinx of Jwar Isle much more frequently than needed - sometimes it looks like it's stalling

I should note that if BotArena will eventually implement playing with top card of library revealed, Sphinx of Jwar Isle should be done as a variant of that ability, making the controller able to see top card of his library at all times (except certain moments during resolution of spells/abilities, as detailed in the Comprehensive Rules).



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dinghammer
2010-05-20 01:07
(edited on: 2010-05-20 01:57)
"(except certain moments during resolution of spells/abilities, as detailed in the Comprehensive Rules)"

I believe the Sphinx's ability should let you look at the top card *any* time, including during the resolution of spells and abilities.

Edit: Looking at the rulings on Gatherer, it looks like the only time you can't look is if the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell or activating an ability. I confirmed that in the Comp Rules and couldn't find anything regarding that ability and the resolution of anything.

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John Doe
2010-07-22 13:18
I just want to note that we have Goblin Spy now.

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FranAvalon
2010-07-22 13:31
(edited on: 2010-07-22 13:33)
This behaviour is the reason why its ability is limited to a couple of activation times
This is not a real bug. AI likes activate abilities with "0" in its activation cost every time. It must think, zero is cheap, and cheap is good

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Jul 6, 2011, 3:51pm, FranAvalon wrote:

It must think, zero is cheap, and cheap is good

Yes, it's definitely one of the evaluation rules.
The other is that a card on the battlefield is better then in hand. The result is playing Oblivion Rings when the opponent has no non-land pernaments and exiling own creature.
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FranAvalon:
that would be changed to a more optime evaluation