[Out_of_Characte]

I thought about it some more, if the game is never played more than once then there's no strategy to develop for both the monty hall problem and the problem described in the comic, therefore that's a moot point. but if its played more than once then your evil host that sometimes opens a door doesn't make sense.

If the host always opens a dud then its a monty hall problem. but if the host sometimes opens a door, the host still can't do it every time you land on the price because then you wouldn't switch. so the host would have to sometimes open the door when you're on the price and sometimes not. But then when he opens a door it would indeed become a 50/50 so an evil host's best option is to never open a door in the first place.