I have been messing around with a MBC control deck, and I was always trying to figure what the maximum amount of mana I could generate each turn based on the number of Swamps and Cabal Strongholds I had in play.
I was counting mana in each configuration and recording the results, and unless my math is way off this seems to be the formula for each combination:
if cabal_stronghold_count = 1
if land_count < 6
total_mana = land_count
else
total_mana = (2 * land_count) - 5
end
elsif cabal_stronghold_count = 2
if land_count < 7
total_mana = land_count
else
total_mana = (3 * land_count) - 12
end
elsif cabal_stronghold_count = 3
if land_count < 8
total_mana = land_count
else
total_mana = (4 * land_count) - 21
end
else
if land_count < 9
total_mana = land_count
else
total_mana = (5 * land_count) - 32
end
end
Some interesting things I noted:
Mana ramp occurs at when you have 5 more Swamps than the number of Cabal Strongholds you control.
The multiplier is equal to the number of Cabal Strongholds you control + 1.
The subtrahend for n*x with a single Cabal Stronghold is equal to the 5 cards needed for the initial mana ramp, and then each succeeding multipliers subtrahend is the previous subtrahend plus 2. They are sequential odd numbers.
Cabal Stronghold has lost 45.5% of it's value(as of today) since a release date of April 27. April is the 4th month of a year which has 12 months
Today's date is May 17. May is the 5th month in a year of 12 months.
21 days.
I know what you're thinking. that's exactly 3 weeks; and there's 4 weeks in a month.
I need a more precise value-loss explanation, and you seem to like math can you help me?
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I was counting mana in each configuration and recording the results, and unless my math is way off this seems to be the formula for each combination:
Some interesting things I noted:
Today's date is May 17. May is the 5th month in a year of 12 months.
21 days.
I know what you're thinking. that's exactly 3 weeks; and there's 4 weeks in a month.
I need a more precise value-loss explanation, and you seem to like math can you help me?