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[theblankman]

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Candlestick Maker, Advisor, Feodum, Thief, Counterfeit, Graverobber, Haggler, Minion, Stash, Upgrade
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Andrew and I went for fairly similar Minion engines here, but neither of us was quite sure what order to build and which complementary pieces to take.  We both got Counterfeit as the first $5, Upgrade later, and Graverobber in the late game.  He took a Haggler and more Advisors, while I went for a few more Candlestick Makers.  In chat we weren't really sure which were the better choices, let alone what order to buy them.

Thoughts?

[JW]

Your Counterfeit-Candlestick Opening looks good as there is a high chance to get to $5 at least once on the second shuffle (I get that it’s the same 81% to hit $5 at least once on turns 3-4 as Silver-Fishing Village, assuming that you save the coin token to assist in hitting $5).

I'm surprised that you take Minion on your second $5, as the first Upgrade seems more important. Your trashing and main draw (Minion) all cost $5, Advisor is weak until you have trashed a lot of cards, and Candlestick Maker, while important for the non-terminal +Buy, isn’t enough coin to reliably hit $5 without Silvers, which don’t combine well with Minion.

Without a quite thin deck I don’t think I’d buy Graverobber over Minion, as happened in the game, due to the lack of extra Actions (you have to stop the Minion chain to play Graverobber).