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Re:Show HN: HearthSim, an AI and game simulator for Hearthst... by ciaranm on Friday July 11, 2014 @11:18AM (#8020565)
As far as I'm aware, official stats from Blizzard is that the player going first is wins a higher % of the time than going second, despite the coin. I'll try and find the source.

User dtech already found the source for me (: -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8020232

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Re:Show HN: HearthSim, an AI and game simulator for Hearthst... by goldenkey on Friday July 11, 2014 @11:49AM (#8020781)
Not with all decks though apparently. Freeze mage can benefit from the coin immensely
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Re:Show HN: HearthSim, an AI and game simulator for Hearthst... by ciaranm on Friday July 11, 2014 @02:48PM (#8021754)
I appreciate your point about coin being stronger in some decks than others - that doesn't change the fact that across _all_ of the games of hearthstone being played, if you go first you're more likely to win than if you go second.
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Re:Show HN: HearthSim, an AI and game simulator for Hearthst... by ohashi on Friday July 11, 2014 @12:11PM (#8020904)
Miracle rogue too (coin defias ringleader anyone?). Certain rush/zoo decks to get extra minions out faster can be overwhelming.
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