I got absolutely shafted on RNG when I claimed 1000 at once.
960 regular, 40 gf.
That is worse than me! Rare! :D
Switched to claiming in clumps of 25, and did heaps better.
This really shouldn't be the case at all. The algo is broken.
Still haven't won with him yet, but martyr is my favourite of the new abilities, so I'll be picking him plenty.
There are lots of counters for martyr it seems - but I have used it well on occasion :)