August 2006
From: Steven Grabowski [mailto:sgrab45@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:14 PM
To: yugioh crew
Subject: Heart of the Cards Testing VERY VERY
LONG!!! - Sgrab45
Before you read this, read Heart of the Cards -
Ezekiel, in the January 2006 area.
Hey evryone! My last post was just me talking about
basic e-hero stratagies in my deck. Now, I'm taking
off on Ezekiel's post on a very contriversial
topics. The Heart of The Cards, or The Soul of The
Deck.
Ezekiel mentioned (and many can relate to this,
including myself) that on occasion he would need a
certain card to win a duel. That was the next card
he drew. This happenes all the time, so you should
never give up a duel, because you always have a
chance to turn it around.
For some tests on the heart of the cards, I took my
Elemental Heroo Deck, and removed Elemental Recharge
to make it a solid forty cards. (Remember that I
will be posting more about this topic with more
tests!)
Now, in the tests I will be conducting, there will
be different sized decks (mainly 40, 45, 50, 55, and
60) and different kinds. The tests will be written
down (like this one) and the decks will be put into
duels that will exploit the nessisary card. If you
want your deck included for the testing, list it,
and make sure that it is one of the above sizes. (In
a few months I will test with random sizes. ex, 47,
52, 41, 59) And I will try to add it to the tests.
Down to the real stuff now. I wrote on a paper the
list of cards in my deck, one copy of each, and all
the cards. Then on a paper, I wrote out what was
happening to thin the deck out. This simulation is
looking fo HERO KID. The fractions are:
# of copies of desired card/current # of cards in
the deck
(REMEMBER! This is a made up simulation! Don't email
me asking how hero kid could win a duel. He was
chosen because there are three of him in the deck!)
TURN 1
Start: 3/40
Draw: 3/34
Pot of Greed: 3/32
End Turn: 3/32
TURN 2
Draw: 3/31
Fusion Sage: 3/30
End Turn: 3/30
TURN 3
Draw: 3/29
Hero Signal: 3/28
End Turn:
TURN 4
Draw: 3/27
Swords of Revealing Light: 3/27
End Turn: 3/27
TURN 5
OOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!! This is the moment of truth! You
neeeeeed hero kid!
At this point, the chances of getting hero kid are
3/27 OR 1/9
Here, I took 27 cards and shuffled them up and drew
16 times. Three are hero kids. None of the listed
above in the turn sequences were used. Here are the
results.
X= Non Hero Kid O= Hero Kid
OXOXXXOOOXXXXOXX
THESE ARE REAL RESULTS.
As you can see, it started out pretty even, but then
less hero kids started to appear.
1/9 isn't exactally bad odds to get your card
anyway. Thats all for this article, and more than
likly, I'm about to write another.
Send me some comments on this, and if you want to be
part of it, your screen name
(example: sgrab45) and your deck list. You'll get
credit, and dont worry, I'm not in it to steal your
decks. That's just low.
sgrab45@yahoo.com
