Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete

Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by wareotie on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @08:42AM (#19848828)

And at least there is a card that can be insert an unlimited amount of times and it is not a land. So technically, the combinations are infinite.

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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by sonofgod on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @11:16AM (#19850252)

Presumably there is an optimal Island / Persistant Petitioners only deck ratio against a dumb opponent who does nothing but draw a card a turn and play a land.

I wonder if it's irrational?

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Re:Magic: The Gathering is Turing Complete by penteract on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:25PM (#19850956)

Since you want to draw both lands and petitioners, there's an advantage to having a smaller deck, so this probably wouldn't be the case.

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