[fixed]Goblin War Drums[AI unsolved]

by **MaraxusOfFishes** » 30 Nov 2013, 15:47

Describe the Bug:
when attacking Goblin War Drums doesn't have any effect

Which card did behave improperly ?
Goblin War Drums

Which update are you using?(date,name)Which type(Duel,Gauntlet,Sealed Deck)

Manalink update 16/11/2013 : Portals to Theros

What exactly should be the correct behavior/interaction ?
with Goblin War Drums in play, owner's creatures should be blocked by two or more creatures.

Are any other cards possibly affected by this bug ?
NO

by **stassy** » 30 Nov 2013, 17:02

The "can't be blocked except by 2 or more" is currently coded as a workaround : if only one creature is blocking, the attacking creature will "go through" it as though it wasn't blocked.

The issue is that way the AI will still think it can block with only 1 creature, but currently this is the best our dev can do...

by **Korath** » 30 Nov 2013, 17:42

Plus, it'll still visually display like it's blocked. That, at least, I've fixed in 84a5bc7.

by **Korath** » 10 Dec 2015, 02:40

Closely related:

Can only attack/block alone - viewtopic.php?t=12717
Can't be blocked by more than one creature - viewtopic.php?t=17478

by **Korath** » 17 Oct 2018, 06:54

Commit 6329a36 has the combat AI for Shandalar. Commit 34f329b expands it to the "can only be blocked by three or more creatures" ability; 8f176e0 to the "can't be blocked by more than one creature" ability. All three should be backportable to Manalink with only moderate effort.

by **Aswan jaguar** » 13 Jul 2021, 11:47

Fixed in commit 2cb3948 ("Minimum / Maximum Blockers, +Masako the Humorless, Sunder Shaman", 2021-07-05). Thanks so much drool66 for importing Korath's excellent work for shandalar on this, to manalink. Also thanks Korath for letting us know which parts of shandalar can be imported to manalink.