The fireball-then-buddy lockout

Per the owner's favorite play: the pact only breaks when its caster
attacks the target, so a blow landed BEFORE the pact leaves it intact.
After spending its attack, a non-berserker bot with BUDDY in hand signs
it onto the weakest visible unpacted enemy — the one it likely just
burned — barring their revenge. The berserker skips it: it would only
break its own pact tomorrow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0138A8CjeQRpvzKxuMfz1Bqc

packages/engine/src/automaton.ts

@@ -1250,6 +1250,23 @@ export function automatonCommand(
     }
   }
 
+  // BUDDY after the blow: the wounded cannot come looking for payback —
+  // the pact holds unless the clockwork strikes them again. The berserker
+  // skips it; it would only break its own pact tomorrow.
+  if (tier.buffs && view.turn.attackUsed && style !== "berserker") {
+    const pact = inHand(view, "buddy");
+    if (pact) {
+      const sighted = sightedCellsFor(view);
+      const mark = livingEnemies(view)
+        .filter((p) => sighted.has(cellKey(p.position)) &&
+          !view.sustained.some((s) => s.cardId === "buddy" && s.casterId === you && s.targetId === p.id))
+        .sort((a, b) => a.life - b.life)[0];
+      if (mark) {
+        return { type: "cast", instanceId: pact.instanceId, target: { kind: "player", playerId: mark.id } };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // March. The thief-chase outranks everything; the berserker hunts wizards
   // over gold; the worrier keeps its distance; the hunter goes to the gold.
   if (view.turn.movementUsed < view.turn.movementAllowance) {