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A good player will take into account the odds of drawing specific cards when designing a deck. Exceptional players can work out the odds of drawing specific cards in each hand, and take that into account during each game. Don't worry about meeting the latter too often at Warlord tournaments; they're far more likely to be winning a fortune in a Casino playing poker! Pete VG did some maths on the odds of drawing cards for your opening hand. He uses this to demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of 50 and 60 card decks, to great effect. First he works out the odds of drawing a specific card during the first few turns. Then he attempts to find which size deck gives you more characters in your opening (and subsequent) draws. The last section explains Pete's conclusions. He's a mathematician, I'm not, I won't argue with his math; I will say that I broadly prefer 60 card decks, he prefers 50. It does, however, depend on what you want your deck to do, as Pete has capably shown; he plays Tooth Fairy combo decks, I prefer armies of solid dependable Dwarves! Mat |