AI Nicol Bolis deck

by **Chris H.** » 03 Mar 2009, 18:07

It was time for someone to design an AI deck based around the Lord of Destruction ... Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker. This deck has just 7 creatures.

From my tests it appears that the Razorfin Hunter and other Tims will only target a creature if that creature will die from just a single Tim attack. It would be nice to see Tims gang up on a creature.

There are two Bribery spells to match the Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker 2nd ability, and we need something for the blue mana besides the required Ancestral Recall.

I actually saw the computer cast both the Ashes to Ashes and the Overwhelming Forces spells.

EDIT:

You should try the new and improved version at:

http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=922#p10482

60 Total Cards

7 Creatures
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1x Pardic Collaborator
1x Rakka Mar
3x Razorfin Hunter
2x Ridgetop Raptor

38 Spells
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1x Ancestral Recall
2x Ashes to Ashes
2x Bribery
1x Charcoal Diamond
3x Dark Banishing
1x Fire Diamond
3x Lightning Bolt
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
3x Nameless Inversion
3x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
4x Oubliette
2x Overwhelming Forces
3x Shatter
1x Sky Diamond
3x Soul Feast
3x Strangling Soot

15 Land
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5x Island
5x Mountain
5x Swamp

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by **DennisBergkamp** » 03 Mar 2009, 19:51

In the current version, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is still bugged.

I think I've fixed all issues with it though (the problems being: first ability can target creature cards, third ability sacrifice part is very bugged when played by AI).

by **Chris H.** » 03 Mar 2009, 20:10

DennisBergkamp wrote:In the current version, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is still bugged.

I think I've fixed all issues with it though (the problems being: first ability can target creature cards, third ability sacrifice part is very bugged when played by AI).

Even with the bugs, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is still a fun and powerful card.

by **Chris H.** » 09 Mar 2009, 23:06

This is likely my last revision to this deck. Nicol Bolis now works properly and the mana situation appears to be stable.

This deck has been created for the computer's AI to use against a human opponent. This deck now contains basic lands and dual lands. Lands that come into play tapped have been excluded. The Diamonds have been replaced with Darksteel Ingot.

60 Total Cards

7 Creatures
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1x Pardic Collaborator
1x Rakka Mar
3x Razorfin Hunter
2x Ridgetop Raptor

37 Spells
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1x Ancestral Recall
2x Ashes to Ashes
2x Bribery
3x Dark Banishing
3x Darksteel Ingot
3x Lightning Bolt
1x Mox Jet
1x Mox Ruby
1x Mox Sapphire
3x Nameless Inversion
3x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
3x Oubliette
2x Overwhelming Forces
3x Shatter
3x Soul Feast
3x Strangling Soot

16 Land
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4x Badlands
1x Island
1x Mountain
2x Swamp
4x Underground Sea
4x Volcanic Island

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by **DennisBergkamp** » 10 Mar 2009, 03:03

Good to see Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is working correctly for the AI now too

I'm beginning to wonder if the Quest Mode game won't be too difficult now with all these crazy decks.

by **Chris H.** » 10 Mar 2009, 10:59

DennisBergkamp wrote:Good to see Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is working correctly for the AI now too
I'm beginning to wonder if the Quest Mode game won't be too difficult now with all these crazy decks.

I play tested this Ai-deck while I was assigned a random generated deck. I played three different best 2 out of 3's. I lost two out of the three matches. One random deck I was assigned was R+W and that deck rocked the computer's world.

We will need to play test the Quest mode to see how it turns out in real life. We may need to tune-down a few of the AI decks. We might have to give the computer a range of Life to start with and not always assign the computer 20 Life to start with.