ULTIMATE DECK BUILDING TOOLSET
GIVING YOU THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO BUILD A BETTER DECK
INTRODUCTIONHave you ever wondered what the chances were of drawing a certain card in your opening hand was? Or maybe you wondered, on average, what turn you would have enough quanta to play that crucial card? These things and more can be solved by using this toolset. I tried to provide several tools that can help you better build decks so that you are not just haphazardly throwing cards in because you think it might help. We should have a reason why we put cards in and reasons even for how many copies of a card we put in. I hope that this toolset will help provide some of those reasons for you.
DECK BUILDING ASSISTEREXPLANATIONThe Deck Building Assister (DBA) helps you find out how many copies of a card you need to have a minimum draw chance. For example, let's say you want to know how many copies of EQ you need to have to have at least a 75% chance of drawing 1 copy in your first 9 cards in a 30 card deck. DBA would tell you that you need at least 4 copies to have at least a 75% chance of drawing 1 with those parameters. It also tells you that the actual percentage is 78.16%. The tool also tells you what your QI is for the cards listed and copies recommended.
HOW TO USETo use DBA just type in the cards you want to calculate (or choose from the drop-down menu), enter how many copies you want and how many cards to draw through. These don't have to be the same for every card. Just make sure that the # of copies wanted is less than the # of cards to draw. Then after that, enter the minimum percentage you want for those parameters. Again, it doesn't have to be the same across all the cards. Just right of center you'll see a yellow cell for your deck size; enter a number between 30 and 60. At the top of the QI table is a place for you to choose your Mark. This is to calculate the QI of your deck.
In the 2 gray columns, you will see the copies you need to fulfill your parameters as well as the actual percentage for the recommended number of copies. All the way to the right is every element's QI based on the number of copies recommended. Of course this is based on all the cards you list in the "Cards to Calculate" column. Under the "Deck Size" area, you'll see how many card slots are left in your deck after adding up all the recommended number of copies for each card. If all the copies add up to more than the deck size, it will warn you that your deck is not possible. Below that area is the deck code for the cards you typed in and the recommended number of copies for those cards.
DECK ORDER GENERATOREXPLANATIONThe Deck Order Generator (DOG) creates a draw order for your deck based on probability. The main purpose of this tool is to give you a general idea of how your deck will flow. Now realize this, though this may be the most probable and even fairly average draw order for your deck, it still is only 1 possible draw order out of thousands of possibilities. Don't expect to draw your cards exactly as it is listed. Again, what this does is give you a feel for your draw order as well as gives us an avenue to analyze our quantum generation and usage in other tools. The tool only calculates 20 different cards out to 20 turns to save time and space. This should be plenty enough information since the first half of the deck is the most important.
DOG works best with non-rainbow decks. Rainbow decks have the inherent quality of having many cards with the same number of copies (usually 1, sometimes 2). Because of this, DOG doesn't help too much because in the deck order, cards with the same number of copies are interchangeable. What I recommend doing is grouping your cards by type (i.e. spells, creatures, weapons, etc.) and then having 1 card represent all the other cards of the same type. Then you would just write in the total number of cards of that type in the "# of Copies" column. This will give you a better feel of when you will draw types of cards rather than the exact cards which can still be pretty useful.
HOW TO USETo use the DOG, you can either type in the names of the cards in your deck along with how many copies there are up to 24 (or choose the cards and number of copies from the drop-down menu in each cell), or you can paste your deck code into the appropriate cell. But don't use both! If you do, goofy things can happen. So after deciding which one you want to use, make sure the other one is cleared.
Once you add your deck to DOG, then on the right you will see a list of cards. This is the most probable order those cards will be drawn. Remember, this is only 1 possibility out of many, but it should give you a good rough estimate of how your deck will flow. Towards the center bottom, you will find a deck code for the cards that you manually type in.
CARD PROBABILITY CALCULATOREXPLANATIONThe Card Probability Calculator (CPC) helps you to calculate the probabilities of drawing a certain number of copies of a card within so many cards. For example, if you want to know what the probabilities of drawing at least 3 Pillars in your first 7 cards is, this tool can tell you. Now this is the cumulative probability. In other words, this will tell you the probability of getting the number of copies you want or more.
The CPC also has another section that will let you calculate the probabilities of drawing a combination of cards. However, this multi-card combo section is under construction. I hope to get it up soon.
HOW TO USEType or choose from the drop-down menu a card from your deck. Choose the number of copies you want. Choose the number of cards to draw through (7 being how many you draw in your opening hand). It will then calculate the probabilities of drawing that number of copies or more within the number of cards you want to draw through.
The multi-card combo section is under construction. I hope to get it up soon once I get some help.
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY TABULATOREXPLANATIONThe Quantum Efficiency Tabulator (QET) is a tool to help you see what your quanta (Q) production and usage would be based on the draw order of your deck. Basically, it works just like the game. QET will add Q for each Pillar/Pendulum/Mark you draw. It keeps track of how many you've drawn already and so how much Q you should be getting each turn. It even does this with Pendulums correctly adding Q to the right element depending on your Mark and when it is played. Also, it keeps track of every card that costs Q. It takes all this information (and believe me, it's a lot), tabulates it, and then spits out a pretty graph for you to see your Q production curve in relation to your Q usage line. The tool only calculates out through the first 20 turns, but this should be plenty of info to use.
Marks, Mark cards, Novas, Pillars, Towers, Pendulums, and U Pendulums are all calculated in this tool. Supernova, Immolation, and Cremation are not calculated as those have other requirements to play them.
You will also be able to see every element's QI. The QI is per element but does not include Other card costs (e.g. Short Sword, Animate Weapons, SoGs, etc.). However it does divide up Quantum Pillars/Towers as .25 for each element. It also subtracts the casting bonus of Towers (except Quantum ones), U Pendulums, and U Mark cards from an element's total casting cost.
However, I think the more important thing to take away from the tool is a deck's Quantum Equilibrium. Quantum Equilibrium (QE) is the turn where your Q usage and Q production intersect. In other words, this is the turn you have enough Q to empty your hand. This is particularly important for aggro decks. But this is also important for control decks because you often need to be able to gain control of the field quickly. Many games are decided in the first 5 turns so making sure your deck has a good QE is important. Determine your deck's ideal QE and then adjust the build of your deck accordingly.
HOW TO USEAll you need to do is type in the element your Mark should be or choose from the drop-down menu. From there, you can see your Q production and usage in a nice big graph.
In the section to the left with all the elements, you can see total Q generators and total Q usage along with the corresponding QI for each element.
If you scroll right past the chart, you will find the user-defined Q modifiers for each element. In here you can add when Supernovas, Immolations, and Cremations can be played. You can also add things like recurring Q generation (Devourer, Brimstone Eaters, etc.) and recurring Q usage (Owl's Eye, Otyugh, etc.). Just add all user-defined Q production and subtract all user-defined Q usage and put that total amount down in the proper element column and in the proper cells.
Further right you will see the table that the chart is based off of. You can look here if you're having trouble finding exact numbers in the chart.
GUIDELINES- Only fill in the yellow cells! Everything else should be automated. If you fill in anything else, you'll break it.
- When you type in the cards, you have to spell them correctly and without any plural endings (ie Antlion not Antlions) or abbreviations (ie Basilisk Blood not BB or Light Pillar not just Pillar).
- For upgraded cards that are exactly the same name as unupgraded cards add a U before it (ie U Wings or U Sundial).
- I'm open to other people helping. So if you'd like to help, just let me know!
- I made a couple copies of the UDBT, so if someone is using one, try the other copy. Also, if you have a Google account, you could always download your own copy of the UDBT.
BUGS AND FEATURESThe bugs are the features! Just kidding. There are things that still need to be fixed or improved. Also, there are a lot of features that would be nice to add. Here are some of them:
- Multi-card combo probability calculator- I'm in the process of finishing this. QuantumT is helping me figure out the proper way of calculating this.
- Aggregate Damage Simulator- Calculates the ramp up and total output of damage for your deck.
If you find any other mistakes, please let me know! Someone may have changed something or I may have messed something up. Screenshots and descriptions of the problem help too.
SPECIAL THANKS- Kael Hate for helping with the DOG Engine.
- suxerz for helping me with the Deck Code import feature.
Below are the links for the Ultimate Deck Building Toolset.
Remember, only fill in the yellow areas!!!UDBT 1 (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvzXeWJKVKrsdDBxcUkwdF9VbW1fZHJldURpNTZaN0E&hl=en&authkey=CNbL2eYL) | UDBT 2 (https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvzXeWJKVKrsdHl0dFRxRDBIZUg5U3JxNHlOT1JyS2c&hl=en&authkey=CPuM1pkO).
