if, for instance
we look at it from the emperor's side
during the first round
if one should play emperor, the chance of winning
is 4 in
that's 80%
those odds are extremely high
i mentioned this before
but as long as one is able to pass off the emperor
meaning
that he play emperor against citizen
that match is already won
his opponent will no longer have any cards in his hand which can defeat him
it's obvious
the opponent's remaining citizen cards will end in a draw against other citizen
while the slave card will be defeated
nothing one can do will change that