# (!) Spoiler Alert (!) -- \[Any Details Provided are Subject to Change\] (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Spoilers\ **Created:** [November 13, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/spoiler-alert-any-details-provided-are-subject-to-change-part-1/1280 "2015-11-13T03:16:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4704
**Author:** ![Lyya](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/lyya/32/3650_2.png) [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/spoiler-alert-any-details-provided-are-subject-to-change-part-1/1280/4704 "2017-11-17T08:04:41Z")
> [@Jainus](#): > > Explode 18 gems may as well be written as ‘destroy all gems on the board and collect their mana’ Yep, pretty close. > [@TDS to mythic pros cons?](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/tds-to-mythic-pros-cons/31214/6): > > And for anyone interested in the math that supports these empirical findings, for a number of explosions n, the expected gems exploded, g(n), is as follows: g(n) = 36\*(1-(55/64)n) + 24\*(1-(29/32)n) + 4\*(1-(15/16)n) And Mana gain is 70% of that, or: m(n) = 0.7 \* g(n) [In Google graph form!](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS604US604&q=graph+f%28x%29+%3D+36*%281-%2855%2F64%29%5Ex%29+%2B+24*%281-%2829%2F32%29%5Ex%29+%2B+4*%281-%2815%2F16%29%5Ex%29&oq=graph+f%28x%29+%3D+36*%281-%2855%2F64%29%5Ex%29+%2B+24*%281-%2829%2F32%29%5Ex%29+%2B+4*%281-%2815%2F16%29%5Ex%29&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i71k1l4.0.0.0.197876.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.7sRCPc2xttM) g(18) ≈ 56.31, which means you’re blowing up all but 8 gems on average. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/spoiler-alert-any-details-provided-are-subject-to-change-part-1/1280)._