Just a question to be sure on coin flips: if from an intricate situation I am to win more from losing a coin flip, then do I win it?
To be clear: the effect is clearly stated as win and lose. It is obviously much better to win in >99.9% cases (or would appear so to non 4 CB aficionados).
But in a few (very) corner cases, it would be beneficial to lose the dice.
Should I assume that if such a situation arose, I would win the coin flip (which would still be beneficial, but less)?
Hard to be more specific without giving away a deck :)
So if I steal a mana crypt with a Thieving Skydiver, it is effectively a sol ring?
Otherwise thanks for the answers, that tells me the result for my small problem - I actually had two still-legit pauper decks facing this little trouble, but one is definitely more fun than great :)
I'm not sure whether we defined the rule optimally.
The idea is that if you get donated a Mana Crypt, you have a Sol Ring, and if you intentionally steal one, you will get all the damage. That's the idea of the rule. But I don't think we can define it well enough to make that happen, so let's stick to owner, so steal a Mana Crypt and you profit. It's one of those edge cases that shouldn't affect our competition too much.
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I know this was already answered, but I wanted to share my phrasing of it: the non-owner chooses the outcome of random events.
On the topic of crazy corner cases, I was wondering what happens if a player makes a hidden choice, does it not stay hidden? E.g, a player has two morphs, one of which is Skirk Marauder and one is Scornful Egotist. The opponent has a Shock and a Thallid. Do you get to Shock the Marauder?
We also saw a similar situation with Innocent Blood last week, though that was a public choice. If the card in question was instead "each player discards a card", then the second choice would have to be made without knowledge of the first. Do we just remove the ability to make hidden choices?
Actually, the hidden cards are also known, because we have perfect information, so you can deduct what card it is from which cards remain.
But you're right about choosing. There is none. We find optimal lines, and random effects always suit the opponent's optimal line of play.
It can happen that a certain line uses outcome X for a coin flip, but later we find a better line of play, which requires the coin flip to end up as Y.
In that case, the coin flip will end up as Y, because that served the optimal line of play for the opponent.
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Deadline has passed, and it looks like I'm missing Gobbo and FTW.
I have an insane day at work (we're organizing an online conference and I'm in charge of tech), so I'll probably only be able to post decks tonight.
So I can give you an additional 6-ish hours.
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I forgot to mention it earlier, but as someone who often double checks his submissions multiple times, I am absolutely on board with being named if/when my submission is missing.
PS: Deckbox seems to be down, which is a little awkward, but not actually a problem.
Still no entries by FTW or GoblinSmashmaster, but I can't wait forever.
I'll see if I can launch the round in the next hour and a bit.
If I still see an entry, I'll add it. If not, we'll have to go without two regulars for once.
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We could, but we should agree on such things before starting the competition.
If we introduce it now, someone could complain that we didn't have this in a previous round where he/she had no time to send an entry.
So I fear I'll have to post without them.
We do, however, have a new player. Welcome, jhhdk, to our little competition of chaos!
DECKS FOR ROUND 9 OF SEASON 8: Peasant Continued Bannathon
1. Asthereal (TO): Mountain, Chronomaton, Forge Devil, Karplusan Wolverine
2. dte: Mishra's Factory, Swamp, Deathspore Thallid, mesmeric fiend
3. Reeplcheep: Island, Chronomaton, Mistblade Shinobi, Wingcrafter
4. Wrath of Pie: Swamp, Blossoming Sands, Tidehollow Sculler, Putrid Leech
5. alphastryk: Mountain, Mountain, Fireslinger, Goblin Cratermaker
6. H: Island, Mishra's Factory, Faerie Duelist, Force Spike
7. maxx!: Mishra’s Factory, Mountain, Bladeback Sliver, Cleansing Wildfire
8. silkster: Plains, Duergar Assailant, Brass Man, Swords to Plowshares
9. Tylert: Swamp, Chronomaton, Wretched banquet, Unearth
10. jhhdk: Tinder Farm, Boros Garrison, Village Ironsmith, Tormented Pariah
Please post your scores and cross-check with the opponents.
We also have a new Google Spreadsheet for the season, so you can enter your scores there as well: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
(PS. Anyone know why card tags have died? This is somewhat inconvenient.)
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4. Wrath of Pie: Swamp, Blossoming Sands, Tidehollow Sculler, Putrid Leech
1. Asthereal (TO): Mountain, Chronomaton, Forge Devil, Karplusan Wolverine LL
2. dte: Mishra's Factory, Swamp, Deathspore Thallid, mesmeric fiend LL
3. Reeplcheep: Island, Chronomaton, Mistblade Shinobi, Wingcrafter LL
5. alphastryk: Mountain, Mountain, Fireslinger, Goblin Cratermaker WW
6. H: Island, Mishra's Factory, Faerie Duelist, Force Spike LL
7. maxx!: Mishra’s Factory, Mountain, Bladeback Sliver, Cleansing Wildfire DL
8. silkster: Plains, Duergar Assailant, Brass Man, Swords to Plowshares WW
9. Tylert: Swamp, Chronomaton, Wretched banquet, Unearth LL
10. jhhdk: Tinder Farm, Boros Garrison, Village Ironsmith, Tormented Pariah WW
6w1d = 19 points
Probably should not have submitted something that autolost to Chronomaton, that would have been wise. Now I am about to see how I match up against American Thanksgiving, I don't think I stand a chance.
Last edited by Wrath of Pie; 11-27-2020 at 05:59 AM.
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