Option to use the legacy algorithm for auto tapping lands

[Dezarin]

Recently there appears to have been a change to the algorithm around tapping lands when selecting "auto". Prior to this change the algorithm seemed to favor exhausting normal / basic lands before tapping special lands for mana.

It would be great if there was an option to use the old algorithm. I find I'm constantly having to manually tap lands now, because of the change in behavior.

[tool4ever]

please show a boardstate where you think the behaviour changed

[Dezarin]

@tool4ever I attached a game state file that sets up the scenario. I did some checking and it looks like version 2.0.07 was the last version with the original auto-tapping behavior. The new behavior was in 2.0.08. Try casting one of the "Tainted Aether" and you will see that all 4 swamps are tapped on version 2.0.07, but in version 2.0.08 3 swamps and the Mishra are tapped instead.

game-state.txt

[tool4ever]

hmn ok - tbh that example isn't very clear-cut:

• by tapping all 4 Swamps the AI would effectively lock itself out of casting one of the other spells with a black shard in its hand which isn't really what we want in most situations imo
• and if you'd cast the Diabolic Edict first it would actually only use Swamps
• yes technically you'd still have another source with the Black Lotus remaining, but that is more penalized since it's not reusable and even has special logic to further restrict its usage

[Dezarin]

I was just trying to demonstrate that the auto-tapping feature had changed, and it does attempt to tap non-basic lands now when it didn't before. There have been a few situations, where it tapped Mishras on me when it could have easily just tapped the swamps, which took away some of my defense. The request is just to give the option for the old algorithm. If that's too much work to maintain, I understand. Just hoping to have the option.