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Card Draws without Replacement: Chance of a Key Card, Deck Size and Expected Copies

Lesson 6 of 817 minLab

This lesson is part of the course

In this lesson

You calculate draw by draw the chance of missing the key card, the chance of having at least one copy after each draw, how a bigger deck changes it and how many copies you expect in the opening hand – without any special functions.

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Lessons in this course

  1. One and Two Dice: the 6×6 Outcome Grid, Ways per Sum and the Distribution ChartLab15 min Locked
  2. More Dice by Convolution: Ways for 2 and 3 Dice, Probabilities and the Expected SumLab17 min Locked
  3. Target Numbers: Chance to Reach a Target, a Difficulty Table and Repeated TriesLab16 min Locked
  4. Advantage & Disadvantage: Best and Worst of Two Rolls, Chances and AveragesLab16 min Locked
  5. Expected Damage: Hit Chance × Damage after Armour and Turns to DefeatLab17 min Locked
  6. Card Draws without Replacement: Chance of a Key Card, Deck Size and Expected CopiesLab17 min Locked
  7. Point-Cost Balancing: Value Scores, Fair Costs, Over- and Under-Costed UnitsLab17 min Locked
  8. Capstone: Playtest Analysis – Wins by Faction, First-Player Advantage and a Balance ChartLab18 min Locked