difficulty increased after upgrade

I enjoy Spite and Malice for most part, but play it less now after the upgrade which has raised the difficulty at winning. Frankly its frustrating when playing against a computer stacked deck. When playing strategically the wins should be higher than statistically here on medium.... even hard. Kind of ridiculous some games where the AI burns through the deck before getting a turn.

Athenagirl about Spite & Malice, v2.10.8