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Combo Name: Flip a coin for three piles
Submitted By: knarf_the_dwarf
Card Name
Type
Cost
P/T
Editions (ordered by release)
Krark's Thumb
Legendary Artifact
2
Whims of the Fates
Sorcery
5R
Estimated Combo Cost: $0.95
Date Posted:
Fri Mar/20/15 at 10:01 am
knarf_the_dwarf
Posts: 1370
Joined: 30-Nov-11
2/1/2014: To choose a pile at random, each pile must have an equal chance of being chosen. There are many ways to do this, including assigning each pile a number and rolling a die.
The trick is to create a mechanism for three equal chances by flipping coins.
So use two coin Flips representing a two bit binary number. flip two times assigning bit 0 and bit 1 value.
So you have two chances by the thumb to get a positive result!-)
Date Posted:
Fri Mar/20/15 at 3:51pm
terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13
Fairly certain Krark's only affects coin flips that are required by cards.
You could after also put a mark on the underside of a clover leaf have the player deciding a pile pull a leaf, after all. Arbitrarily chosen methods of deciding things are generally outside the rule of the game.
Date Posted:
Sat Mar/21/15 at 10:57am
knarf_the_dwarf
Posts: 1370
Joined: 30-Nov-11
Comprehensive rule 705.3 allows to substitute flipping a coin by other methods of randomization, why not doing so vice versa?
Date Posted:
Sat Mar/21/15 at 12:09pm
The following users like this post:
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terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13
That rule essentially lays down the exact rules for flipping a coin, and what can be substituted for flipping the coin if you don't have one handy.
I also checked with a live judge chat, and they confirm the Thumb only looks at cards that call for coin flips, not flipping coins to make decisions at random.
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