LP cost
What Applied Experiment #55 really costs
The average number of cards excavated and the LP lost, with the card-by-card detail and the risk of dropping to 0 depending on your LP.
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GMX cards excavate the top of the Deck until they find what they are looking for: work out how many cards they excavate, and how many LP GMX Applied Experiment #55 costs you.
1. What does Applied Experiment #55 cost you?
Demo deck: GMX
Main Deck : 40 · Extra Deck : 7
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Cards in the Deck
Applied Experiment #55 + Kimridge
"GMX" monsters
Dinosaur monsters
"GMX" Spells/Traps
Opening hand
Your LP when you activate it
Average LP lost to resolve Applied Experiment #55
2 247 LP
5.6 cards excavated on average, 400 LP each.
You open it (or Kimridge to search it)
57.7%
It resolves for 2 000 LP or less
58.5%
It takes your LP to 0
0.2%
Opened regularly
You open Applied Experiment #55, or Chairman Kimridge to search it, in 57.7% of opening hands.
Fair cost
Applied Experiment #55 excavates 5.6 cards on average, so it costs you about 2 247 LP.
Safe
With 8 000 LP, Applied Experiment #55 takes your LP to 0 in 0.2% of cases.
Not computed: cards that stack the top of the Deck (GMX Lab #5, Chairman Kimridge, Associate Noma) let you choose what is excavated first, and the monsters already in your hand are assumed to be still in the Deck.
Card by card: when does Applied Experiment #55 stop?
Chance that both a "GMX" monster and a Dinosaur monster are found within the first cards excavated, and the LP it costs.
| Cards excavated | LP lost | Resolved by then |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 800 | 13.0% |
| 3 | 1 200 | 29.4% |
| 4 | 1 600 | 45.1% |
| 5 | 2 000 | 58.5% |
| 6 | 2 400 | 69.2% |
| 7 | 2 800 | 77.5% |
| 8 | 3 200 | 83.7% |
| 9 | 3 600 | 88.3% |
| 10 | 4 000 | 91.7% |
| 11 | 4 400 | 94.2% |
| 12 | 4 800 | 95.9% |
Balance between "GMX" monsters and Dinosaur monsters
Average LP lost by Applied Experiment #55 with a few more or fewer monsters in each group, deck size unchanged.
| "GMX" monsters ↓ · Dinosaur monsters → | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2 799 | 2 566 | 2 390 | 2 255 | 2 147 |
| 11 | 2 730 | 2 491 | 2 311 | 2 171 | 2 061 |
| 12 | 2 674 | 2 431 | 2 247 | 2 103 | 1 990 |
| 13 | 2 629 | 2 381 | 2 193 | 2 047 | 1 931 |
| 14 | 2 590 | 2 339 | 2 149 | 2 000 | 1 881 |
2. Every GMX excavation effect
How many cards each effect of your deck excavates before it finds what it looks for. Click an effect to see which cards it can find.
"GMX" monster excavated first
Dinosaur monster excavated first
3. Your decklist
Excavates
Valid target of the selected effect
Main Deck 40
Extra Deck 7
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Probabilities, opening hands, siding: everything is computed on this exact deck.
Why use this tool?
Effect by effect
Every GMX excavation, in numbers
55th Experiment Report, Suppression Squad, VELOX, Anti-GMX Final Experiment: how many cards each one excavates, and which cards it can find.
Deck balance
How many Dinosaurs should you play?
A grid shows the average LP cost with one more or one fewer "GMX" monster or Dinosaur.
How does the GMX deck work in Yu-Gi-Oh!?
GMX is a Fusion archetype that pairs "GMX" researchers with Dinosaur monsters. Its central card, GMX Applied Experiment #55, excavates the top cards of the Deck until a "GMX" monster and a Dinosaur monster have both been excavated, then Fusion Summons a "GMX" monster using the excavated monsters. Each excavated card makes you lose 400 LP.
Other cards excavate the same way, with no LP cost: GMX 55th Experiment Report stops at the first "GMX" card and adds it to the hand, GMX Suppression Squad stops at the first Dinosaur and sends it to the GY. GMX - VELOX stops at the first "GMX" monster or Dinosaur and also costs 400 LP per card. Anti-GMX Final Experiment excavates 5 cards and negates a monster effect if it finds a "GMX" card.
The more "GMX" monsters and Dinosaurs your Deck holds, the shorter the excavations — and the less they cost. This tool puts a number on that cost for your Yu-Gi-Oh! Deck.
The mathematical formula
In a Deck of N cards including K cards looked for, the probability of having to excavate more than n cards, and the average number of cards excavated, are:
P(> n) = C(N−K, n) / C(N, n)
E = (N + 1) / (K + 1)
Applied Experiment #55 looks for two groups at once: the tool combines both laws (a "GMX" monster is still missing, or a Dinosaur is still missing) to get the number of cards excavated, multiplied by 400 LP.
How to use the tool
- 1. Import your decklist : Paste a YDKE code or choose a saved deck: "GMX" monsters, Dinosaurs and "GMX" Spells/Traps are counted for you. Without a decklist, enter the numbers by hand.
- 2. Enter your LP : The risk that Applied Experiment #55 takes you down to 0 depends on your LP when you activate it: 8,000 at the start of the duel, fewer later.
- 3. Compare the effects : Click an effect to see the cards it can find and the share of each, highlighted on your decklist.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the GMX deck
400 LP per excavated card. With 12 "GMX" monsters and 8 Dinosaurs in a 40-card Deck, it excavates between 5 and 6 cards on average, about 2,200 LP. The tool gives the exact figure for your list.
Yes: the LP loss is not a cost you can decline, and you lose if your LP drop to 0. The risk is very low at 8,000 LP, but it climbs quickly as your LP go down or when the Deck holds few Dinosaurs.
A card with "GMX" in its name. Returned Dino Daneen and Evolved Daneen are Dinosaurs played in the deck, but they are not "GMX" cards: the tool counts them as Dinosaurs only.
No. GMX Lab #5, Chairman Kimridge and Associate Noma place cards on top of the Deck, which lets you choose what is excavated first. The tool computes the case where the Deck has not been set up.
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