Quote Originally Posted by Cheesegear View Post
They do, and they don't. As I've said multiple times, statistics implies order. Card Games, for example, there's a finite number of cards in the deck, if you know how many cards have been taken out, and, if you know what those 'taken out' cards actually are, you can predict what the next card will be.
The only true chance in a deck of cards is the first card.
Actualy, as an ex-MTG player, statistics can still screw you in a deck of cards.

I've seen tournaments won and lost because a player started with a good hand, and then his/her deck just decided to literally backstab them by providing the remaining cards on the completely wrong order despite the chance of it hapening being under 1%.

But one still uses statistics to build their decks, despite knowing you can easily end up mana screwed.

Same with 40K. You know those plasmas will kill termies more regularly than normal bolters.

Statistics are more of a devil pact when you're in the brink of death. It will backstab you sooner or later, but it's still your best path to power and victory.