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Title: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
Post by: LastFootnote on September 01, 2015, 06:04:34 pm
http://www.gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?/20150901/log.50675f6afca284ca61206e88.1441144747857.txt

(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/1/1f/Feodum.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Feodum) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/d/d9/Scavenger.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Scavenger) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/4/46/Scout.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Scout) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/1/10/Duke.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Duke) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/a/a9/Torturer.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Torturer)
(http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/e/e6/Forager.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Forager) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/f/f1/Market_Square.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Market Square) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/8/8e/Shanty_Town.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Shanty Town) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/e/e7/Swindler.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Swindler) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/images/7/74/Urchin.jpg) (http://wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/Urchin)
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Forager, Market Square, Shanty Town, Swindler, Urchin, Feodum, Scavenger, Scout, Duke, Torturer
I love games where my opponent goes for the tried-and-true strategy and it loses to an unconventional counter. It's easy to build a Torturer engine here, but I realize that Curses gained to your hand are just Forager food. So I ignore Torturer and instead buy 8 Foragers. My favorite part is when my opponent trashes Gold for me. Pure gravy.
Title: Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
Post by: rrenaud on September 01, 2015, 06:06:57 pm
I have a vague memory of a multiplayer IRL game where the only +buy was salvager, and I was drawing my deck every turn.  I was happy when I got some curses, otherwise I'd have to trash something useful to get the +buy.  Seems like the same story.
Title: Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
Post by: Dingan on September 01, 2015, 06:11:16 pm
I don't know if it could really get rolling, but Torturer-blasting, and then playing a Mercenary could be pretty devastating.

EDIT: or even just an Urchin instead of a Merc would be easier to do, and almost just as good.
Title: Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
Post by: LastFootnote on September 01, 2015, 06:12:17 pm
Quote from: Dingan on September 01, 2015, 06:11:16 pm
I don't know if it could really get rolling, but Torturer-blasting, and then playing a Mercenary could be pretty devastating.

Very true! Even a single Urchin would have been great for him.
Title: Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
Post by: JW on September 01, 2015, 06:21:16 pm
It seems like this should be an Urchin opening. Given the Shelters, I am unsure whether it should be double Urchin or Swindler-Urchin, though without Shelters you'd want the Swindler. Mercenary handles incoming curses from Torturer well, and Urchin/Mercenary combine well with a Torturer chain as previously noted.
Title: Re: Unstoppable Torturer Chain
Post by: Aleimon Thimble on September 02, 2015, 06:31:39 pm
Man, the Swindler/Urchin vs double-Urchin debate comes up a lot lately. :P