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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Magic Lamp is the dumbest card-shaped thing

« on: March 07, 2024, 02:38:57 pm »

I read this thread many years ago and since doing so have viewed Magic Lamp games as essentially a race, with nothing else mattering. I think only one of those games has felt swingy in the other player's favor to me. Presumably I'm blind to two or three that were swingy in my favor. Still, I think all-in-all it's a less dumb card-shaped thing than some other ones.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Semi-Interesting Dominion Moments Thread

« on: March 07, 2024, 10:42:37 am »

Magic Lamp going off on turn 3.

Turn 3 - ehunt
e plays a Secret Cave.
e draws an Infirmary.
e gets +1 Action.
e plays an Infirmary.
e draws a Copper.
e trashes a Copper.
e plays a Copper and a Silver.  (+$3)
e plays a Lucky Coin.  (+$1)
e gains a Silver.
e plays a Magic Lamp.  (+$1)
e trashes a Magic Lamp.
e gains 3 Wishes.
e buys and gains a Giant.
e shuffles their deck.
e draws 3 Coppers, a Silver, and a Wish.

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Rules Questions / Voyage + Pirate

« on: October 08, 2023, 05:05:11 pm »

On a voyage turn, Sarah plays three coppers and buys a silver. She reveals Pirate from her hand. Can she play it?
Argument for Yes: Pirate says she can play Pirate from her hand right now, even though she normally couldn't.
Argument for No: Voyage says she can't play more than three cards from her hand this turn.

I would have guessed that "Yes" outweighs "No" based on other rules in the game, but the online implementation and the FAQ for Voyage on the Wiki say otherwise. Is there a general rule specific to resolving two cards that enable/disable certain actions?

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Dominion General Discussion / only realized this was a megaturn halfway through it

« on: August 28, 2023, 11:13:33 pm »

wound up getting 5 provinces on turn 10, for the win, using a combo that's unlikely ever to come up again involving Guildmaster and Architect's Guild (tabbing might be wrong, i manually copy-pasted)

e buys and gains a Province.
  e gets +4 Favors. (Guildmaster)
  e spends 2 Favors.
  e gains a Gold.
    e gets +4 Favors. (Guildmaster)
    e spends 2 Favors.
    e gains a Guildmaster.
      e gets +4 Favors. (Guildmaster)
      e spends 2 Favors.
      e gains a Villa.
         e gets +4 Favors. (Guildmaster)
         e puts a Villa into their hand.
         e gets +1 Action.
            e plays a Villa using Way of the Horse.

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Rules Questions / discarding to foray doesn't trigger patron

« on: April 23, 2023, 09:43:49 pm »

this surprises me; the only thing i can think is the word 'revealing' on foray not being literally the word 'reveal', which seems dubious.

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Rules Questions / Re: Rush Siren, no need to trash?

« on: April 02, 2023, 01:08:22 pm »

game #120306069 on oregon, if it matters.
I wasn't able to load the official Shuffle IT forum, getting some php error.

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Rules Questions / Rush Siren, no need to trash?

« on: April 02, 2023, 01:07:43 pm »

I think I've forgotten the lost track rule more times than I've remembered it, and I also think it's changed recently. I get why you can play the Siren before you have to trash it, but I'm surprised that you don't trash it at all (at least, this is the interpretation on Shuffle IT.) Can someone write it out for me? Thanks!

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Dominion General Discussion / pickaxe question

« on: March 26, 2023, 05:03:36 pm »

how much would you pay for "pickaxe but you don't gain a loot or play it," i.e. a treasure worth 1 that mandatorily trashes a card?

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: 10th anniversary of isotropic Dominion shutdown

« on: March 15, 2023, 09:17:27 pm »

i don't have anything to add but really appreciated this. it was a huge part of many of our lives. huger than it really should have been, if we had other things to be doing...

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Neat card interactions that were useful in the game you found them in.

« on: February 19, 2023, 04:29:47 pm »

Treasurer/Spell Scroll can empty the Treasurer pile in one turn, fun fact.

yikes, and give you a whole lot of money in the process. good find.

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Dominion General Discussion / mapmaker is great, no?

« on: February 12, 2023, 10:57:22 am »

I just found myself picking Mapmaker over Catacombs with 5. Obviously depends on the kingdom but it seemed like the generically correct choice. Draw 4, pick 2 is pretty strong even without the reaction.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: * Plunder Previews #3: Loot *

« on: February 12, 2023, 12:47:18 am »

Definitive Loot tier list:

S Tier: Figurehead, Sword
A Tier: Spell Scroll, Jewels, Prize Goat
B Tier: Amphora, Puzzle Box, Staff, Insignia
C Tier: Hammer, Orb, Shield
D Tier: Doubloons, Sextant
F Tier: Endless Chalice

interesting looking back on this. i think i agree if you have ample + buy alread.

It does seem though that on many boards you are just desperate for the loots with +buy, which elevates chalice/sextant/shield/orb in your rankings and downgrades spell scroll/figurehead/insignia. Goat and Hammer are situational. I think Insignia tops my least-likely-to-be-useful list.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Semi-Interesting Dominion Moments Thread

« on: January 29, 2023, 09:57:14 pm »

opened black market/hermit.

turn 3 drew black market and 4 coppers. black market opened to king's court, bishop, and.... patron. so i could afford king's court with the rule change!

What rule change was that?

nervous cause no one knows the rules like you but i thought back in the day that one couldn't spend coffers on black market goods

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Semi-Interesting Dominion Moments Thread

« on: January 29, 2023, 08:54:49 am »

opened black market/hermit.

turn 3 drew black market and 4 coppers. black market opened to king's court, bishop, and.... patron. so i could afford king's court with the rule change!

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Neat card interactions that were useful in the game you found them in.

« on: January 26, 2023, 12:56:03 am »

Shaman makes Monkey even better. The opponent is always gaining a card at beginning of turn (assuming you can trash).

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Game Reports / Re: Dear My Opponent: I am Sorry

« on: January 10, 2023, 02:10:19 pm »

Turn 2 - pilayer
p starts their turn.
p plays 5 Coppers. (+$5)
p buys and gains a Cursed Village.
  p takes Locusts.
  p receives Locusts.
  p shuffles their deck.
  p trashes a Cursed Village.
  p gains a Herald.
  p discards Locusts.
p draws 5 cards.

Turn 3 - ehunt
e starts their turn.
e gains a Cursed Village. (Shaman)

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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Lets discuss- Silver mine

« on: January 05, 2023, 09:13:37 am »

My opponent grabbed a surprise potion and pivoted vineyard with it the other day.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Plunder is online

« on: January 02, 2023, 07:44:38 pm »

big money is back! is there still wandering winder? he was always good at realizing when you should just play money.

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Dominion General Discussion / cauldron is kind of funny

« on: July 25, 2022, 03:37:01 pm »

my early reaction was that it was pretty weak, but have noticed if you pick up a couple in the mid-game, it becomes easy to give out several curses per turn in a way that may overwhelm a deck with only light trashing. Reminiscent of Coven or a certain trick of picking up Young Witch late after both players have skipped it.

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Dominion General Discussion / why isn't Weaver a "choose one" card?

« on: July 02, 2022, 02:10:28 pm »

(This matters for the interaction with Elder -- arguably it shouldn't, given the text of elder just says "choose one" after the "e.g.", but in practice you can't Elder a Weaver on shuffleit)

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Dominion General Discussion / lurker + knights is confusing huh

« on: June 28, 2022, 08:56:54 pm »

i just got 4 golds from trashing sir vander in the same game

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Prosperity 2E Preview 3

« on: June 12, 2022, 02:00:31 pm »

Am I right that Collection + Stampede is only a starve-to-death if they split 5-5?

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Supplies is so much better than silver that it's almost criminal

« on: June 08, 2022, 12:07:37 pm »

agree, i guess one point for silver is that it's a hair better as an opener if there is a 5 that must be grabbed before the second shuffle.

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Hinterlands Second Edition "leaked"

« on: June 08, 2022, 09:01:05 am »

I'm wondering why Dark Ages needs a second edition. That feels like a solid set with almost no duds. I'm struggling to think of a single card in the set that feels like it needs replacing actually, despite it being a very large set.

I agree that the set is very solid but there are two outliers: Rebuild and Cultist are ridiculously overpowered.

Urchin is also OP - a very stupid and unfun card, if you ask me. And does anyone actually like the Knights?

knights are great!

re: cornucopia i think tournament could use a nerfing

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Dominion General Discussion / barbarian continues to savage

« on: May 09, 2022, 07:25:58 pm »

i lost two imps and an overlord to a barbarian, each turning into a taunting curse. that card is pretty strong.