mighty dice and mood swings [to the tune of polka dots and moonbeams]

Sorry about the retrospective -- my question is about the situation just BEFORE this capture.

Hmmm.... irilyth took my mood swing with his mood swing -- I guess he didn't want to reroll his 20-sided die and, since his other dice all had value of 1, he didn't have a better attack.

But was it the right thing to do? Had I been in his place, my instinct would have been to reroll the 20-sided die and capture the mighty die, so that it wouldn't have a chance to reroll as a 30 sided die. I confess, I haven't done the math -- and whenever mood swings are involved, I get confused, anyway.

Any insights?


Button Men Game #690402

Tournament #13743: revenge on the stats tournament for alia Current Round: Round 4. (organized by glassonion)

Alia's ten worst buttons using which she has played at least 8 games. If you are alia, join this tournament immediately and choose your button as you like. Other players: please hold off on joining until Tuesday night (U.S. Eastern) so the named player has a chance to join. When you do join, you *must* choose your button randomly.

Skills in this game: Twin, Mood Swing, Mighty, Konstant, X Swing, Y Swing, Speed

Player: ElihuRoot *Dead Dude* *Fanatic*
Your Button Man: Zophiel (k1 6 z(8,8) H12 Y?) Score: 45.5 (9.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 2 / 1 / 0 (Out of 3 wins)
Your Captured Dice: 20-sided die, 12-sided die

Konstant 1-sided die	6-sided die	Mighty 20-sided die		Y Mood Swing (with 1 sides)
1	5	5		1 Captured last turn
3-sided die	20-sided die	X Mood Swing (with 6 sides)
1	17	6

Opponent: irilyth *Poisonous Turtle* *Silver Medal in Men's 100 Meter Dash*
Button Man: Igor (3 12 20 20 X?) Score: 31.5 (-9.3 sides) Rounds Won/Lost/Tied: 1 / 2 / 0
Captured Dice: Speed Twin Die (both with 8 sides), Y Mood Swing 1-sided die

Select an attack: Power Attack Skill Attack

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Results from last turn

irilyth is performing a power attack with a X Mood Swing 4-sided die showing 1, targeting ElihuRoot's Y Mood Swing 1-sided die showing 1. The X Mood Swing (now with 6 sides) is rerolled and the new value is 6. irilyth takes ElihuRoot's die.