Heuristics for turn based trading card game

[MamaSan]

1.What is the AI heuristic for turn based trading card game? Any good article? :unsure:

Like this game

http://astraltournament.com/

Or do I need heuristics at all, just brute force? :blush:

2. Also where can I find tutorial on balancing the magic spells for each character? Like is there a standard formula or something? :blink:

[anubis]

YuGIOh to you, too !
do you actually play these ? seems like a was te of money to me...
anyway, i think if you base your AI on simple strategic rules based on the deck the AI plays (like... play more mana before getting out the big creatures in order to have enough mana left for protection spells... etc.) you should get good results