Wow... thank-you RNG.

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the first 4 of each grade are 100% chances, its not as bad as it might seem

With Determination only the first two are 100%, then it starts dropping from there, from (I think) 92%, 88%, 80%, 70%, 60%, and finally 50%. I might be wrong on some of those, but it does get rather expensive near the end if you're really unlucky as the OP was.

I feel for you OP, but remember that there's always someone who's done worse. I don't think Yoshi-P's even working on his Sphere Scroll yet, at any rate.