Zephrys vs Dormant Demons

Submitted 3 years, 11 months ago by

When you play Zephrys against a dormant demon, eg Imprisoned Antaen, do you think he should offer you Sacrificial Pact? (From my recent experience, it appears he currently does not.) Zephrys does sometimes do forward planning, eg offering you a card at next turn's mana cost. So maybe he should also plan for when a demon will awaken. What do you think?

  • Khoodos's Avatar
    195 20 Posts Joined 04/11/2020
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    When you play Zephrys against a dormant demon, eg Imprisoned Antaen, do you think he should offer you Sacrificial Pact? (From my recent experience, it appears he currently does not.) Zephrys does sometimes do forward planning, eg offering you a card at next turn's mana cost. So maybe he should also plan for when a demon will awaken. What do you think?

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  • Yusuke's Avatar
    295 187 Posts Joined 06/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Why should he? Zephyr isn't able to read text and you want him that a dormant minion, which is not active, Zephyr should do sth about it? It's impossible, because you would need to rework Zephyr. I don't think Blizzard will do sth and they shouldn't anyway, because I don't an strong card like Zephyr to be stronger. Just wait for it unleash and then yeah Zephyr might offer you Sac pac.

     

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  • sinti's Avatar
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    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I think that would weaken the Zephrys, offering a dead choice. If you want Sac Pac to kill that demon, just play Zephrys when it awakens, not like you can kill it before it does anyway, so you are not dodging that 10 damage aoe.

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  • RavenSunHS's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 880 1487 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Zephrys is unable to plan ahead, he either finds answers for current turns, or Value plays.

    Since you can't interact with a dormant minion, he won't give you answers for it.

    It sounds like a limit, but it is actually a way to make him efficient at what he does: it's extremely hard to write a code that makes him truly effective in turns ahead of current one - especially if the same result can be attained with a better timely play on your side.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5543 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Zephrys does offer some options unavailable to be played on the current turn like Pyroblast and Mind Control, but that's about it. He's already sometimes unreliable (if your opponent casts Grave Rune, zephrys almost never gives you an option for silence) so I don't think its a good idea for him to now give you an option for a dormant minion, especially since when you play him you will probably want him to offer something immediately relevant, and one less of a choice can decide games.

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