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Flip a coin for three piles

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Whims of the Fates

{5}{R}

Sorcery

Born of the Gods

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Starting with you, each player separates all permanents they control into three piles. Then each player chooses one of their piles at random and sacrifices those permanents. (Piles can be empty.)

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Date Posted: Fri Mar/20/15 at 10:01 am

knarf_the_dwarf
Posts: 1370
Joined: 30-Nov-11

2/1/2014: To choose a pile at random, each pile must have an equal chance of being chosen. There are many ways to do this, including assigning each pile a number and rolling a die.

The trick is to create a mechanism for three equal chances by flipping coins.
So use two coin Flips representing a two bit binary number. flip two times assigning bit 0 and bit 1 value.
So you have two chances by the thumb to get a positive result!-)
Date Posted: Fri Mar/20/15 at 3:51pm

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

Fairly certain Krark's only affects coin flips that are required by cards.
You could after also put a mark on the underside of a clover leaf have the player deciding a pile pull a leaf, after all. Arbitrarily chosen methods of deciding things are generally outside the rule of the game.
Date Posted: Sat Mar/21/15 at 10:57am

knarf_the_dwarf
Posts: 1370
Joined: 30-Nov-11

Comprehensive rule 705.3 allows to substitute flipping a coin by other methods of randomization, why not doing so vice versa?
Date Posted: Sat Mar/21/15 at 12:09pm

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terakhan
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That rule essentially lays down the exact rules for flipping a coin, and what can be substituted for flipping the coin if you don't have one handy.

I also checked with a live judge chat, and they confirm the Thumb only looks at cards that call for coin flips, not flipping coins to make decisions at random.