Smokincookz said: I remember opening RNA packs and getting so many Angelic Exaltations that I lost count. I’m not joking, I got at least a dozen of them while having rares left to obtain
During M20, I pulled Atemsis twice while still having most of the mythics left unobtained.
FindingHeart8 said: I find it odd to get 3 of the exact same card in a single pack. Doesn't happen often but seems statistically unlikely
Volrak said: FindingHeart8 said: I find it odd to get 3 of the exact same card in a single pack. Doesn't happen often but seems statistically unlikely Perhaps needless to say, but it doesn't just seem statistically unlikely - it is
critman said: Smokincookz said: Or am I just seeing patterns where there really are none? The thing about confirmation bias is, that when you learn about it, you start seeing it everywhere...
Smokincookz said: Or am I just seeing patterns where there really are none?
Xucachris said: I pulled 3 Gravitic Punch's from a Rav pack in April. I was fuming but told myself doubles aren't uncommon to get, so three of a kind must happen every now and then. Just not to me :-( .I won't try and work out the odds, I got that VERY wrong last time I tried, but it's the only time in 18 months of membership its happened. Edit: An after thought as I was looking at this. It's all digital, 1s and 0s right? So it must be relatively easy to stop this happening. I'm not a coder, but surely there's a randomness/allocation algorithm that handles what cards appear in your pack? I'm talking about dupes in a pack, not dupes of cards you already own.
Xucachris said: However there is a big point about distribution, and I think the electronic cards feel less well distributed than I recall paper cards being.
Nalthazar said: A bunch of the people in my coalition have been looking into and speculating about this. One of the guys opened I think 1,000 packs and found that 10% of the time you get back-to-back cards that are the same.
I don't suppose the complete raw data from those opened packs is available? It sounds like exactly the kind of data which could be analysed to test theories about card distribution.
By 10% of the time do you mean... every time you see a new card, or open a new booster, or open a new premium pack? The odds of opening back to back cards might be smaller than you'd think.