I also had the AI use that tidal wave spell on my army that was about to attack a fringe town (though it was lvl 3 town) and it had frozen me the turn prior. Good to see the AI tossing spells around.
I haven't played a .90 sandbox game, but in the scenario the AI is casting strategic spells frequently. Wither on armies, antipathy on cities, etc.
I've been finding that the AI casts a lot of spells on me strategically but the game doesn't always do a good job informing me that this has happened. I'd like there to be a notification.
I've been seeing notifications over on the right where you get notices about units trained, improvements completed, etc. It tells me "Magnar has cast Antipathy on xxx" and "Resoln has cast Wither on yyy".
The AI uses strategic spells like Pillar of Flame in the sandbox game, too 
If you time it right and follow one of your caravans into the enemy territory, the enemy will cast freeze on your caravan! 
Yes, just saw that in a sandbox game last night - Wither, though, not Pillar of Flame.
In my current game, the Quendar custom AI demanded tribute from me, and I almost turned him down. Luckily I noticed the full stack he had sitting just outside the border of my undefended, nearly developed Conclave, and decided maybe I could spare the gildar.
Coincidence?
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