Pokémon TCG Coin Flip

Is this coin flip fair?

Yes. Every flip uses your browser's cryptographic random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so heads and tails each have exactly a 50% chance and no flip depends on the one before. Streaks of five or six heads in a row are normal and happen about once every 32 or 64 flips.

When do you flip coins in the Pokémon TCG?

At the start of the game, the winner of a coin flip chooses who goes first. During the game you flip for many attacks, for Asleep (heads wakes up) and Burned (heads recovers) during Pokémon Checkup, and before a Confused Pokémon attacks (tails means the attack fails and the Pokémon takes 30 damage).

If an attack tells you to flip a number of coins, flip them all and then count the heads. If it says "flip a coin until you get tails", the tails flip ends the sequence and does not count as heads.

Using the coin in a real match

Agree with your opponent before the match that you will use a digital coin and that both players can see the result. In sanctioned events, check with the organiser: many allow a phone coin as long as the result is clearly visible to both players. The PTCG Companion match counter has the same coin built in next to the damage controls.