People will often devote hours with a new build, seeing on average how likely it is for them to do a certain play or draw into a certain opening. This is an integral part of deck-building — after all, many of these plays that you are checking will lead into extremely strong positions, and occasionally auto wins. However, not everyone has time to draw test hands like this (often called gold fishing). So, why don’t we automate this process of checking hands for combinations of cards with programs?
Author: Inexorably
Inexorably
I code, play pet decks, and write stuff.
Today someone asked ‘what is more important in deckbuilding: theory-oh or play-testing?’. With limited time to deck-build before an event (unless you can stop time, in which case hit me up), knowing the answer to this — and thus knowing how to best make use of your time — is very important, with a direct impact on your success at an event.
By making approximations on a system, it is far simpler to see general rules and logic lines, and their effects, than pre-approximations. To this end, let us look at Yu-Gi-Oh! after making some approximations in this manner. “Dice Theory”