Random Cards, Random Player, Random Creature
Asked by ShadowLand 12 years ago
How do you choose a random card or player or creature? Is this decided by dice rolls or flipping coins or what? What is the official way to do it?
I do not think anything dictates how a random selection needs to be made, so I'd say the answer is that any mutually agreeable method is fine, and if you can't agree, call a judge.
April 23, 2013 4:06 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #3
There's no "official" procedure in the rules for how to choose something randomly. The only requirement is that you have to use a non-deterministic (unpredictable) method where each possible outcome has the same probability of happening. For most people, coins and dice are the way to go.
April 23, 2013 4:08 p.m.
ShadowLand says... #4
I figured as much, like when it says "from the cards you put in your graveyard reveal one at random", that just means figure out some way to randomly select a card. Cool.
April 23, 2013 4:30 p.m.
When it comes to getting cards out of the grave randomly or from your hand, I'd lay all the cards facedown and kinda mix them a lil bit than just shoot in the dark pick one. What I'd like to know is how woud Goblin Test Pilot going to work. I mean say there are over a dozen creatures out and than yourselves, how the hell could that one work? Thoughts? lol
April 23, 2013 6:49 p.m.
That's when you start using your spindown die or taking d20s or percentiles to the event with you.
April 23, 2013 7:07 p.m.
Prolly, I don't really see him making much play with anyone though lol would be entertaining to watch especially if you gambled your last 2lp and he pings you directly xD
April 23, 2013 7:09 p.m.
I could see him being played in a deck with a "random for the sake of randomness" theme. My husband likes building those kind of decks on occasion.
April 23, 2013 7:12 p.m.
ShadowLand says... #9
That's really what I was getting at, both creatures and players are random. Wow.
drakanar says... #1
There is no "official" way, per se. However, rolling a die is the generally most-accepted way of doing so. Obviously, if a card says to flip a coin, you flip a coin, but otherwise, it just needs to be an agreed-upon process with an equal chance of getting each result.
April 23, 2013 4:04 p.m.