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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Top 20 kingdom cards
« on: February 19, 2018, 10:56:53 pm »Do you mean top 20 as favorite or top 20 as most powerful?
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 09:35:15 pm »
I know that princess is winning the poll right now. But I hope that follower takes the lead. We will just have to see.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Sauna/Silver or Other Opening
« on: February 19, 2018, 07:23:43 pm »Plus 3 of the only 5 “just Smithys” on a board is huge...
But then your paying one extra for a smithy! That is a RIP OFF!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Top 20 kingdom cards
« on: February 19, 2018, 07:18:18 pm »LOL1. King's Court
2. Goons
3. Masquerade
4. Bridge Troll
5. Bridge
6. Mountebank
7. Ambassador
8. Wharf
9. Pooka
10. Groundskeeper
11. Remake
12. Fortune
13. Urchin
14. Tournament
15. Cultist
16. Junk Dealer
17. Loan
18. Lookout
19. Minion
20. Chapel
Pooka sucks. Remake sucks. Loan sucks. Lookout sucks.
What cards from my list do you think suck?
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Top 20 kingdom cards
« on: February 19, 2018, 07:15:33 pm »What the heck. These are my top 20 until I think of other cards I really like that I forgot:
1. Tactician
2. Black Market
3. Goons
4. Menagerie
5. Conspirator
6. Watchtower
7. Exorcist
8. Peasant
9. Procession
10. Shepherd
11. Merchant Guild
12. Leprechaun
13. City
14. Miser
15. Patrician/Emporium
16. Fortress
17. Poor House
18. Catapult/Rocks
19. Apprentice
20. Ironmonger
It's easier for me to think of cards I really hate. My bottom 10 would be:
20. Ill-Gotten Gains
19. Skulk
18. Margrave
17. Sea Hag
16. Ghost Ship
15. Scrying Pool
14. Militia
13. Advisor
12. Wishing Well
11. Governor
10. Fool
9. Page
8. Smugglers
7. Masquerade
6. Cultist
5. Knights
4. Familiar
3. Possession
2. Urchin
1. Rebuild
Poor house and leprechaun suck. For your worst 20, you literally named all of my favorite cards.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Top 20 kingdom cards
« on: February 19, 2018, 07:11:47 pm »1. King's Court
2. Goons
3. Masquerade
4. Bridge Troll
5. Bridge
6. Mountebank
7. Ambassador
8. Wharf
9. Pooka
10. Groundskeeper
11. Remake
12. Fortune
13. Urchin
14. Tournament
15. Cultist
16. Junk Dealer
17. Loan
18. Lookout
19. Minion
20. Chapel
Pooka sucks. Remake sucks. Loan sucks. Lookout sucks.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion Expansions Ranked 2018
« on: February 19, 2018, 01:47:19 pm »
How would you rate them
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 01:23:44 pm »
How would you rate them
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion Expansions Ranked 2018
« on: February 19, 2018, 01:19:14 pm »
How would you rate them
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Top 20 kingdom cards
« on: February 19, 2018, 01:09:06 pm »
Do you guys agree with my list? If not, I would love to see your top 20 lists.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Sauna/Silver or Other Opening
« on: February 19, 2018, 11:52:51 am »Out of all the new cards to come out, one thing is for certain, Sauna/Avanto is crazy powerful. However, I wonder if the community truly understands when to properly buy cards from this pile. Sauna/Silver is a very popular opening and seems a foregone conclusion in most games, but is this correct opening on most boards?
What I've noticed is that losing the Sauna split is not as bad as losing the Avanto split. The player to get 3 Avantos has a huge advantage over the player who has 3 Saunas but 2 Avantos. So, to me, it would seem that you would want to position yourself to actually win the Avanto split even if that means just getting 2 Saunas. Getting 1 Sauna really sucks though.
Silver/Silver while will likely mean you might lose the Sauna split will mean later on you will have more buying power and also more trashing power. Hitting 5 becomes easier. Also, it might be worth noting what other engine pieces are on the board, most notably things that give +Buy. Opening Silver and a +Buy component might be better than going for a Sauna. Also, if strong trashing is on the board and good villages and draw, you might want to ask if it is worth pursuing Sauna/Avantos after all. For instance Wharf is crazy good and if Junk Dealer or Chapel is on the board, it might be worth considering skipping the Sauna/Avanto pile.
Anyway, I'm not so much trying to give advice as to figure out myself what is the best strategy on Sauna/Avanto boards. Thoughts?
I think you need more saunas than avantos because avantos are just smithys without saunas. Saunas give one action even if you don't play an avanto. With the opening, I say that if there are any good kingdom cards that cost three, I would open with that kingdom card and sauna. Otherwise, I would open with silver and sauna.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 11:07:05 am »Because they have +buy, and every card with +buy is much better with Princess as you get more bang for your buck.
That's true. I never thought of it that way, but I still am keeping my original ranking. If princess made cards cost three less, then I would have to say that princess is the best one.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 11:04:15 am »Princess does have one pretty significant combo which is always present: itself.
There is only one princess, so you can't play two princesses in one turn unless you have something like throne room.
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 11:00:03 am »You could ask for +buy or cost reduction.You should swap Princess and Followers from that list.
Why do you think princess is better than follower
If you're the only one with access to +buy, you're very likely to win. If you're the only one with access to cost reduction in a kingdom with plenty of +buy available, you're very likely to win. At least one of those statements is almost always true when you get Princess, which is to say that you're very likely to win if you get Princess.
Followers is not that game-deciding. It's just a weaker version of Margrave that hands out junk cards to both players.
I know, but you draw two cards which can be very good and then you get that estate which gets you a point ( which would be better if you had inheritance ) then they get a curse which gets a junk card in their hand and loses them a victory point then they have to discard down to three which can be very painful, what else could you ask for
True but follower is really good with cards that favor estates like pasture, baron and inheritance
Princess doesn't have very many combos that I can think of right off the top of my head
Princess combos:
Workshop, Festival, Market, Artisan, Pawn, Baron, Bridge, Ironworks, Coutrier...
These are just from Base and Intrigue.
Workshop, Artisan and Ironwork I understand, but can you explain why the other ones go well with princess?
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Themed Kingdoms
« on: February 19, 2018, 10:44:38 am »
Cursing Potions
Festival
Thief
Witch
Courtier
Alchemist
Vineyard
Jester
Distant land
Enchantress
Werewolf
Festival
Thief
Witch
Courtier
Alchemist
Vineyard
Jester
Distant land
Enchantress
Werewolf
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 10:35:14 am »Wouldn't you know it, your ranking of the prizes matches with the overall community consensus for 2017:
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18166.0
Check out the stickied post about the Dominion Cards List 2017 for context:
http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18004.0
That isn't to say there are no differing opinions about the prizes.
Edit: oh you Had Diadem in last instead of Bag of Gold. It was a still a close margin this year for those two prizes.
I rank the cards on Qvist so part of that is my vote
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 10:24:37 am »You could ask for +buy or cost reduction.You should swap Princess and Followers from that list.
Why do you think princess is better than follower
If you're the only one with access to +buy, you're very likely to win. If you're the only one with access to cost reduction in a kingdom with plenty of +buy available, you're very likely to win. At least one of those statements is almost always true when you get Princess, which is to say that you're very likely to win if you get Princess.
Followers is not that game-deciding. It's just a weaker version of Margrave that hands out junk cards to both players.
I know, but you draw two cards which can be very good and then you get that estate which gets you a point ( which would be better if you had inheritance ) then they get a curse which gets a junk card in their hand and loses them a victory point then they have to discard down to three which can be very painful, what else could you ask for
True but follower is really good with cards that favor estates like pasture, baron and inheritance
Princess doesn't have very many combos that I can think of right off the top of my head
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 09:42:46 am »You should swap Princess and Followers from that list.
Why do you think princess is better than follower
If you're the only one with access to +buy, you're very likely to win. If you're the only one with access to cost reduction in a kingdom with plenty of +buy available, you're very likely to win. At least one of those statements is almost always true when you get Princess, which is to say that you're very likely to win if you get Princess.
Followers is not that game-deciding. It's just a weaker version of Margrave that hands out junk cards to both players.
I know, but you draw two cards which can be very good and then you get that estate which gets you a point ( which would be better if you had inheritance ) then they get a curse which gets a junk card in their hand and loses them a victory point then they have to discard down to three which can be very painful, what else could you ask for
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Top 20 kingdom cards
« on: February 19, 2018, 09:36:12 am »Philosopher's Stone at #5? You'll struggle to find many to even rank it in the top five Potion-cost cards.
Why I like it is because one time my uncle got it from black market and he kept on getting 10, 11, 12 from just that one card
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 19, 2018, 09:21:31 am »You should swap Princess and Followers from that list.
Why do you think princess is better than follower
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion Expansions Ranked 2018
« on: February 18, 2018, 11:59:28 pm »
Inheritance and seaway are good but overall empires is better
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Dominion General Discussion / Top 20 kingdom cards
« on: February 18, 2018, 11:04:19 pm »
20 apothecary
19 crown
18 page
17 scrying pool
16 herbalist
15 university
14 coppersmith
13 possession
12 vineyard
11 gladiator/fortune
10 baker
9 native village
8 alchemist
7 jester
6 tournament
5 philosophers stone
4 tunnel
3 hireling
2 familiar
1 black market
19 crown
18 page
17 scrying pool
16 herbalist
15 university
14 coppersmith
13 possession
12 vineyard
11 gladiator/fortune
10 baker
9 native village
8 alchemist
7 jester
6 tournament
5 philosophers stone
4 tunnel
3 hireling
2 familiar
1 black market
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Dominion General Discussion / Re: Dominion Expansions Ranked 2018
« on: February 18, 2018, 10:49:33 pm »
I think empires has better events than adventures
Dominate conquest delve wedding
Dominate conquest delve wedding
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Dominion General Discussion / Dominion prize rankings
« on: February 18, 2018, 10:44:50 pm »
5 diadem
4 bag of gold
3 princess
2 trusty steed
1 follower
4 bag of gold
3 princess
2 trusty steed
1 follower
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Dominion General Discussion / Dominion Expansions Ranked 2018
« on: February 18, 2018, 10:15:05 pm »
Here's how I would rate them.
13 dark ages
None of the cards really stand out to me as good cards
12 seaside
Same problem with dark ages except for not as bad
11 dominion
Too basic and boring
10 prosperity
Same problem with dark ages and seaside but platinum and colony are good
9 nocturne
Some are good some are bad
8 guilds
Same problem with nocturne but there are more good ones.
7 intrigue
I like victory cards that don't clog up your hand
6 adventures
Travellers are cool but slow
5 hinterlands
Only a few useless cards
4 promo
Really interesting
3 cornucopia
Really powerful cards, and prizes
2 empires
Really wealthy, also very useful cards
1 alchemy
Almost every single one is in my top 20
13 dark ages
None of the cards really stand out to me as good cards
12 seaside
Same problem with dark ages except for not as bad
11 dominion
Too basic and boring
10 prosperity
Same problem with dark ages and seaside but platinum and colony are good
9 nocturne
Some are good some are bad
8 guilds
Same problem with nocturne but there are more good ones.
7 intrigue
I like victory cards that don't clog up your hand
6 adventures
Travellers are cool but slow
5 hinterlands
Only a few useless cards
4 promo
Really interesting
3 cornucopia
Really powerful cards, and prizes
2 empires
Really wealthy, also very useful cards
1 alchemy
Almost every single one is in my top 20