Arcanis's User Made Card Thread.

[MageKing17]

Yeah I was referring to the way programs handle tokens becoming other things...

Well, in Incantus we create a "blank" token (the info dictionary is empty... no name, types, subtypes, anything) which then becomes a copy of the card. That copy is then moved into play (due to the way coming into play works, it re-copies the card once it enters play) and you've got yourself a copy. That's the method used by Spitting Image.

In this case, instead of a "blank" we'll have a Saproling. This isn't actually a big deal, since the copy effect is permanent and the name, subtype, and color will be ignored once it's copied different values for those things.

[GandoTheBard]

Yeah I was referring to the way programs handle tokens becoming other things...

Well, in Incantus we create a "blank" token (the info dictionary is empty... no name, types, subtypes, anything) which then becomes a copy of the card. That copy is then moved into play (due to the way coming into play works, it re-copies the card once it enters play) and you've got yourself a copy. That's the method used by Spitting Image.

In this case, instead of a "blank" we'll have a Saproling. This isn't actually a big deal, since the copy effect is permanent and the name, subtype, and color will be ignored once it's copied different values for those things.

Ah Ok...I didn't know that. I guess I will need to check out incantus sometime...too many other things have kept me from doing so already. Though I did take a peek at the forums.

[MageKing17]

Ah Ok...I didn't know that. I guess I will need to check out incantus sometime...too many other things have kept me from doing so already. Though I did take a peek at the forums.

Fair enough, I've always been too busy to look at MTG Forge, although I've always wanted to see how the AI behaves (even though I know from reading how simplistic it is, we have a complete lack of an AI, so I'm always interested in seeing how they perform).

Speaking of which, my title says "AI Programmer" for some reason, despite the fact that I've definitely never coded an AI, and I'm not even helping with a project with an AI.

[Huggybaby]

Oops, my bad. But if you ever do, let me know!

[MageKing17]

Oops, my bad. But if you ever do, let me know!

If I do, it probably won't play Magic.