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<br>The starting hand—the four cards randomly selected from your eight-card deck at the beginning of the game—is entirely dictated by a Random Number Generator (RNG).<br>
<br>This initial dose of RNG can drastically alter the flow of the match, occasionally creating scenarios where a player is mathematically guaranteed to take massive damage before they can even react.<br>
The Nightmare Scenario: Getting 'Starting Handed'
<br>The term 'starting handed' is used by the community to describe a situation where your opening four cards offer absolutely no viable defensive options for the opponent's immediate attack.<br>
<br>This is intensely frustrating because the damage was not caused by a strategic error or a misplay, but purely by the random shuffle of the deck.<br>
If you have a terrible starting hand, play completely passively.Identify your cheapest 'cycle' card in your opening hand.Never panic and drop your 8-elixir win condition defensively just because you have nothing else.
The First Play Gamble
<br>Conversely, the RNG of starting hands creates opportunities for massive, immediate advantages if you are willing to take a calculated risk.<br>
<br>If your gamble pays off, your attacker will completely bypass their awkward, improvised defense and deal massive damage, securing a permanent lead for the rest of the game.<br>
The MechanicThe RealityWeight of the DeckHeavier decks suffer exponentially more from bad starting hands because they cannot afford to cycle useless cards awayFixed Starting Hands in Tournaments (Requested Feature)The community constantly asks developers to let players choose their opening 4 cards to remove this RNG entirely, but devs refuse, claiming RNG keeps the game exciting
Embracing the RNG
<br>The developers intentionally maintain the randomness of starting hands to ensure that matches do not become perfectly scripted, robotic sequences of identical plays.<br>
<br>You cannot control the shuffle, but you can control your reaction to it.<br>
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