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{P}{C} → Doom Decree
Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, the Defending Pokémon is Knocked Out.
{P}{C}{C} → Black Magic : 40+
Does 20 more damage for each of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon.
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feyblade
I have to wonder if Doom Decree initially involved only one coin flip. At this point, stage 2 pokemon NEED that much power to compete with the ridiculous basics
coolestman22
75% autokill chance with Fliptini? Too broken.
I think a 45% or whatever it is chance is a lot more realistic.
I’d rather focus a deck with this around its second attack, though.
Timothy D. Guy
It’s not actually 75%, that’s what you would call gambler’s fallacy.
Curtis
An error in math and an error in logic are two totally different things. Gambler’s fallacy is the irrational belief that luck will increase if you continue to attempt it. Getting the wrong percentage is simply miscalculating probability.
quaziko
Miscalculating probability is part of a gambler’s fallacy. Otherwise, you would just call it gambler’s stupidity.
Curtis
Sorry… But I’m not sure whether to agree or not. Is there an erroneous belief in dependence here, or is it simply hyperbole? I’m not quite sure if we can tell this from a number alone.
Timothy D. Guy
Assuming it’s a 75% chance to get heads using fliptini is the fallacy. It’s not 75%, it’s 50% for the first flip, then 50% for the second. You don’t combine the percentages when doing something like this.
feyblade
Uh…
There are three possibilities in this setting.
H-
TH
TT
Possibility one occurs 50% of the time. Possibility two occurs 50% of 50% of the time, and possibility three occurs 50% of 50% of the time. In other words, three out of four times, you land heads.
I guess you could consider yourself right in the sense that IF you activate Fliptini’s effect, you are really only flipping another coin… but I think it can be assumed that when we say “with Fliptini” we mean “with fliptini on your bench.” Only an insane player/troll would opt to reset the flip after landing a confirmed kill.
In situations in which you must flip multiple coins, yes, the substitution effect of Fliptini is weaker than it would be normally. But Doom Decree 2.0 is not one of those effects.
Curtis
See, when you put it that way, I can totally see the point. Assuming Fliptini’s presence, rather than its Ability, changes your outcome is fallacy. Not understanding the math is just ignorance, which I will admit to myself.
Curtis
Being fallacious isn’t the same as being wrong.
Curtis
And just to end the argument now, the correct percentage with Fliptini’s ability is 53.5%. We covered this a long time ago with Sharpedo, who, for all intents and purposes, required the same conditions.
coolestman22
Wait, 53.5%? I thought it was lower.
Curtis
Sorry, 43.75%. I was thinking of something else.