Draw Phase Yu-Gi-Oh! opening hands

Hypergeometric draw odds

Will you open it?

Every ratio argument ends the same way: how often does this deck actually put the right cards in your hand? Set the deck, name the cards that matter, and read the real number.

Your deck

Main deck only — leave the Extra Deck out of it.

The cards that matter

Group your cards by the job they do, then say how many of each you want to see in hand.

    Everything else 28 0 4

    How the number is worked out

    Your deck is a finite pile, and each card you draw is gone from it, so the odds shift with every draw. That is precisely what the hypergeometric distribution describes, and it is what this page computes: the exact figure, not a simulation and not an approximation.

    Groups are counted together, so a hand only passes when it meets all of your requirements at once. The percentage is the share of every possible opening hand that would pass.