Basic Simulation and Stats

As a fan of MTG, I wanted to simulate the odds of one deck winning over another.

To replicate this on a basic level, I made a program that creates two decks based on input, such as number of lands, types of spells, and creatures in the back end.

Using this information, a game simulation is ran 100,000 times.

• Custom Decks - One With Evolving Wilds vs One Without
• Creatures Worth 1 or 5 Points
• Spells: Tutor, Draw, Gain Life, Lightning Bolt, and Removal

Other Game Features Included in Simulation

• High Roll Goes First
• Draw or Play
• Summoning Sickness
• Evolving Wilds Mana Delay

Main Phase One and Two Implement The Following Strategy

• If Lightning Bolt ► Priority is Remove Creature, Then Direct Damage
• If Removal ► Priority is Remove Bombs, Then Remove Small Fries
• If Draw Card ► Do So
• If Tutor ► Tutor
• If Gain Life ► Gain Life

Below are the results of Limited and Standard decks using either two mana sources or three.

Stats listed to-date are who wins between evo/non-evo, wins by going first/second, and the win method.