Playtester Shuffling
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Posted on Feb. 3, 2022, 4:02 p.m. by Chasmolinker
Anybody else get the feeling that the "shuffle" isn't random enough in playtesting? I frequently get into a series where I will draw all 4 copies of 2-3 cards before I see anything different off the top of the deck. It's not always but it's enough that I notice it. Just me?
Chasmolinker says... #3
I also do this. I normally start with about 10+ shuffles before I playtest and manually draw 7. Same with in game shuffles.
Seems like sometimes even that doesn't get it.
BEDECK says... #2
I usually ignore the first auto-draw... but even MTGO's shuffler isn't perfect. I ran 60+ tests on a draw-7 after Leylines in there and got roughly at half the expected success hits.
But regarding Tappedout's engine I usually try to click "shuffle" multiple times after every shuffle effect (and sometimes after ignoring the first draw-7 and manually re-drawing it) to make it random enough just like IRL (and it generally does the trick).
February 4, 2022 9:18 a.m.