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1 | Deck Size | 60 | Need Help? | Scroll over: --> | Examples / Howto | |||||||||||||||
2 | Cards Drawn | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 20 | |||||||
3 | Turn # on Play | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1) | How does this work? | |||||||||
4 | Turn # on Draw | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | Rows 2-5 are used by the blue-shaded tables (rows 7-23) to denote how many cards | ||||||||||
5 | Mulled to # | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | must be drawn for a given chance-to-draw calculation. For example, cell G11 is the | ||||||||||||||
6 | chance of seeing at least one of a playset by turn 2 on the play or turn 1 on the draw. | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Copies of Card | % Chance to Open with 1 or More | % Chance to Draw 1 or More by Turn # Above | The green tables below depend only on the deck size, shaded in purple. | ||||||||||||||||
8 | 1 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 33 | |||||||
9 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 56 | 2) | Example: You're debating between using 2 or 3 of a card in your deck. What is | |||||
10 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 59 | 71 | the increased chance of drawing one by turn three if you play the extra copy? | ||||||
11 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 69 | 81 | Look at the blue-shaded tables. Column H describes turn three on the play. There's | ||||||
12 | 8 | 35 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 92 | 97 | a 39% chance of drawing a Knight by turn three with 3 copies (cell H10), and a 28% | ||||||
13 | 12 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 81 | 85 | 89 | 91 | 93 | 95 | 98 | 100 | chance with only 2 copies (cell H9), giving an 11% increase for adding the third copy. | ||||||
14 | 16 | 61 | 72 | 80 | 86 | 90 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 100 | 100 | If you're on the draw, you can compare cell I9 to I10 for a 12% increased chance. | ||||||
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16 | Copies of Card | % Chance to Open with a Pair or More | % Chance to Draw a Pair or More by Turn # Above | 3) | What about 8 Lords in Merfolk? 12 mana rituals in Storm? 16 Bolts in Burn? | |||||||||||||||
17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | As in (2) above, but look at rows further down that match the numbers of similar cards | ||||||
18 | 2 | 0.17 | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.85 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 11 | in the deck. For example, a deck with 8 similar cards will have a 71% chance of seeing | ||||||
19 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.99 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 10 | 15 | 26 | at least one by turn 2 on the play (cell G12), and a 29% chance for at least two (G21). | ||||||
20 | 4 | 0.99 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 41 | Chances go up to 75% and 34% respectively on the draw (cells H12 and H21). | ||||||
21 | 8 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 45 | 51 | 65 | 82 | |||||||
22 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 34 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 71 | 76 | 87 | 96 | 4) | How do you maximize starting with exactly 2-3 land (without mulling)? | |||||
23 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 96 | 99 | Look at the green-shaded tables. We want to start with 2-3 land, so we want the tan | ||||||
24 | and yellow cells in columns D and E. When we're on the play, we maximize chances | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | Lands in Deck | % Chance to Open on 7 with Exactly X Lands | with 21 land. However, our best chances on the draw are with 18-19 land. | |||||||||||||||||
26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | The best compromise is 20 land (with 19 being a close second). | |||||||||||
27 | 16 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 20 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 0.09 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
28 | 17 | 8.3 | 27 | 34 | 22 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 0.14 | 0.01 | Disclaimers | ||||||||||
29 | 18 | 7.0 | 24 | 34 | 24 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 0.20 | 0.01 | |||||||||||
30 | 19 | 5.8 | 22 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 2.5 | 0.29 | 0.01 | This assumes there are no draw spells, tutors to rip addition cards out of the deck, etc. | ||||||||||
31 | 20 | 4.8 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 3.1 | 0.40 | 0.02 | "100%" chance is not exactly 100, as we're rounding to two significant figures. | ||||||||||
32 | 21 | 4.0 | 18 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 3.9 | 0.55 | 0.03 | |||||||||||
33 | 22 | 3.3 | 16 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 4.8 | 0.73 | 0.04 | Contact | ||||||||||
34 | 23 | 2.7 | 14 | 29 | 30 | 18 | 5.8 | 0.97 | 0.06 | |||||||||||
35 | 24 | 2.2 | 12 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 0.09 | Questions? Suggestions? PM Curby on MTGSalvation or on The Source. | ||||||||||
36 | I'm Curby#3347 on these Discord servers: | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | Lands in Deck | % Chance to Enter First Main with X-Y Lands | Pauper | https://discord.gg/xQsar9V | ||||||||||||||||
38 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 2-4 | Legacy | https://discord.gg/xvtCg9B | |||||||||||||||
39 | Mull 2x | Mull 1x | Keep | Draw | Mull 2x | Mull 1x | Keep | Draw | Mull 2x | Mull 1x | Keep | Draw | EDH | https://discord.gg/49NaUvq | ||||||
40 | 16 | 39 | 47 | 53 | 57 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 67 | |||||||
41 | 17 | 42 | 50 | 56 | 58 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 69 | Resources | ||||||
42 | 18 | 45 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 72 | |||||||
43 | 19 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 58 | 17 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 51 | 62 | 69 | 74 | http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-how-many-colored-mana-sources-do-you-need-to-consistently-cast-your-spells/ | ||||||
44 | 20 | 51 | 57 | 59 | 58 | 20 | 30 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 65 | 72 | 75 | http://www.thrabenuniversity.com/?page_id=1288 | ||||||
45 | 21 | 53 | 59 | 60 | 57 | 22 | 33 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 68 | 74 | 76 | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J8mAB7x7VKgXIJOLRwGTH7DTFEDimiaKbWesaas8PfI/edit?usp=sharing | ||||||
46 | 22 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 55 | 25 | 36 | 45 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 76 | |||||||
47 | 23 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 28 | 39 | 48 | 53 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 76 | Changelog | ||||||
48 | 24 | 59 | 61 | 58 | 51 | 30 | 42 | 51 | 54 | 66 | 75 | 77 | 75 | |||||||
49 | 2018-03-27 | Updated contact info | ||||||||||||||||||
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51 | 2018-01-10 | Added link to Frank Karsten Colored Sources Tables above | ||||||||||||||||||
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53 | 2017-08-23 | Corrected 2sigfig display for values in range [0,1) | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | Added limited and commander sheets | |||||||||||||||||||
55 | Added resources section above | |||||||||||||||||||
56 | Merged cells and deleted empty rows to clean up whitespace | |||||||||||||||||||
57 | Replaced 3-5 land qty. in fourth table with 3-4 range | |||||||||||||||||||
58 | Explained how the first two tables work. | |||||||||||||||||||
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60 | 2015-09-09 | Better equations, 2 sigfig percentage display (except for 0.0) | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | Multiple playset support (rows 12-14, 21-23) | |||||||||||||||||||
62 | Fleshed out land range chance table | |||||||||||||||||||
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