diff --git a/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts b/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
index 681abf5..ef21ba0 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/automaton.ts
@@ -112,18 +112,25 @@ function numbersInHand(view: GameView): CardInstance[] {
     .sort((a, b) => (cardDef(a.cardId).value ?? 0) - (cardDef(b.cardId).value ?? 0));
 }
 
-/** Cards the automaton happily discards to churn its hand, worst first. */
-function discardValue(c: CardInstance): number {
+/** Cards the automaton happily discards to churn its hand, worst first.
+ * A card is only worth keeping to the wizard who can actually play it —
+ * LIFESAVER is dead weight at a two-seat table, BIG MAN outside the
+ * berserker's book — so the valuation knows whose hand this is. */
+function discardValue(c: CardInstance, view: GameView, style?: AutomatonStyle): number {
   const def = cardDef(c.cardId);
   if (def.cardType === "counteraction" || def.cardType === "neutral/counteraction") return 9;
   if (SUMMONS.has(c.cardId) || UNLOCKS.includes(c.cardId) || STONES.has(c.cardId)) return 8;
-  if (ATTACKS[c.cardId] != null || AFFLICTIONS[c.cardId] != null) return 7;
+  if (ATTACKS[c.cardId] != null || AFFLICTIONS[c.cardId] != null ||
+      c.cardId === "stone-dead") return 7;
   if (c.cardId === "speed" || c.cardId === "interrupt" || c.cardId === "opportunity-fire" ||
       c.cardId === "ward" || c.cardId === "drop-object" || c.cardId === "gift-from-above" ||
       c.cardId === "deja-vu" || c.cardId === "amplify" || c.cardId === "safe" ||
       c.cardId === "glue" || c.cardId === "destroy-wall" ||
       c.cardId === "pass-through-wall" || c.cardId === "create-wall" ||
       c.cardId === "fill-square-with-stone" || c.cardId === "thornbush") return 6;
+  if (c.cardId === "lifesaver" && view.players.length > 2) return 6;
+  if (c.cardId === "big-man" && style === "berserker") return 6;
+  if ((c.cardId === "mist-body" || c.cardId === "shrink") && style === "worrier") return 6;
   if (def.cardType === "number") return 4 + (def.value ?? 0);
   if (def.cardType === "attack") return 3;
   return 2; // situational neutrals go first
@@ -455,12 +462,12 @@ function overLimit(view: GameView): number {
  * too full to take the draw. doEndTurn caps the draw by the room left, so a
  * clogged hand never refreshes; only cards the brain has no play for are
  * shed (good counters and attacks are hoarded, as a human would). */
-function endTurnDrawing(view: GameView, tier: TierTraits): Command {
+function endTurnDrawing(view: GameView, tier: TierTraits, style?: AutomatonStyle): Command {
   const deficit = tier.draw - (handLimitOf(view) - view.yourHand.length);
   if (tier.sheds && deficit > 0) {
     const shed = [...view.yourHand]
-      .filter((c) => discardValue(c) <= 3)
-      .sort((a, b) => discardValue(a) - discardValue(b))
+      .filter((c) => discardValue(c, view, style) <= 3)
+      .sort((a, b) => discardValue(a, view, style) - discardValue(b, view, style))
       .slice(0, deficit)
       .map((c) => c.instanceId);
     if (shed.length > 0) return { type: "discard", instanceIds: shed };
@@ -468,9 +475,9 @@ function endTurnDrawing(view: GameView, tier: TierTraits): Command {
   return { type: "endTurn", draw: tier.draw };
 }
 
-function worstCards(view: GameView, n: number): string[] {
+function worstCards(view: GameView, n: number, style?: AutomatonStyle): string[] {
   return [...view.yourHand]
-    .sort((a, b) => discardValue(a) - discardValue(b))
+    .sort((a, b) => discardValue(a, view, style) - discardValue(b, view, style))
     .slice(0, n)
     .map((c) => c.instanceId);
 }
@@ -807,7 +814,7 @@ export function automatonCommand(
   if (view.phase !== "playing") return null;
 
   if (view.pendingDiscard === you) {
-    return { type: "discard", instanceIds: worstCards(view, Math.max(1, overLimit(view))) };
+    return { type: "discard", instanceIds: worstCards(view, Math.max(1, overLimit(view)), style) };
   }
   if (view.chaosPending && view.chaosPending.queue[0] === you) {
     const shield = inHand(view, "full-shield");
@@ -824,7 +831,7 @@ export function automatonCommand(
   const self = me(view);
   const here = cellKey(self.position);
 
-  if (view.turn.actionsEnded) return endTurnDrawing(view, tier);
+  if (view.turn.actionsEnded) return endTurnDrawing(view, tier, style);
 
   // Deliver or grab treasure underfoot.
   if (self.carriedTreasureId && here === cellKey(self.home)) return { type: "dropTreasure" };
@@ -988,7 +995,7 @@ export function automatonCommand(
     }
   }
 
-  return endTurnDrawing(view, tier);
+  return endTurnDrawing(view, tier, style);
 }
 
 /** The safe fallback when the automaton's choice was refused. */