AI compatibility lists for decks

by **Agetian** » 12 Jan 2014, 17:42

As a part of beta-testing a new Python script that automatically identifies which of the decks (from the ones available) are potentially played by the AI, I created deck compatibility lists for gos's deck archives available here in the Decks forum. Some examples are provided in other threads here, but I decided to start a separate thread that will contain the most up-to-date lists (and later will contain the Python script that will allow you to test compatibility on your own).

The archive submitted here contains text files each of which lists decks that do not contain any cards that are completely unplayable by the current Forge AI or that cause severe bugs when the AI plays them. That being said, the fact that the deck is playable by the AI does NOT mean that the AI will necessarily play well with the deck. Given that most of the decks are professional and some are based on a particular strategy that requires careful application, do not expect the AI to play well with all of the listed compatible decks. Still, the AI may play well with many of the decks that are "simpler" in their strategic application.

EDIT: Added the Python script to batch-scan a number of deck files for compatibility with Forge AI (a command line utility, use -h to get help). Right now it requires an unpacked 'cardsfolder' and a 'decks' folder with .dck files to be located in the same folder as the tool in order to operate. The -p option will only list decks that are playable by the AI, the -u option will only list decks that are unplayable by the AI (along with the lists of unplayable cards in each deck), the -d option will physically remove all deck files that are not compatible with the AI.

The current compatibility list is based on deck collections (Top Decks, Pro Tour decks, etc.) downloaded on January 12th, 2014 and tested for AI compatibility against Forge v1.5.10.
Overall there are 1111 decks listed as potentially compatible with the current AI.
Enjoy!

- Agetian

by **Agetian** » 13 Jan 2014, 09:13

Added the Python script to batch-scan a number of deck files for compatibility with Forge AI. Details and download link in the first post.

- Agetian