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[silverspawn]

so, Island won. I'm going to need a while though.

[Seprix]

Ah, good ol' Island. I've won exactly 0 games with this card. It's good for this: 2 VP in event of a tie while slightly making your deck overall better while throwing away a 4 Buy that could have been spent buying Silver or some equivalent good card. You sacrifice beginning opening for a bit of later leverage.

[liopoil]

Ah, good ol' Island. I've won exactly 0 games with this card. It's good for this: 2 VP in event of a tie while slightly making your deck overall better while throwing away a 4 Buy that could have been spent buying Silver or some equivalent good card. You sacrifice beginning opening for a bit of later leverage.

The power of island is trashing VP cards without trashing them. Also being strictly better than bomb.

[silverspawn]

Ah, good ol' Island. I've won exactly 0 games with this card. It's good for this: 2 VP in event of a tie while slightly making your deck overall better while throwing away a 4 Buy that could have been spent buying Silver or some equivalent good card. You sacrifice beginning opening for a bit of later leverage.

oh, I'm not going to defend Island with this article. It is very weak. But there are still a bunch of things to talk about.

[Seprix]

oh, I'm not going to defend Island with this article. It is very weak. But there are still a bunch of things to talk about.

Like you could talk about how the art for Island, Pirate Ship, and Native Village is all part of the same picture. :p

I can't think of much else, really. In high engine settings, I can't think of a time to buy this card early (but perhaps later?), and with Money decks, it is better early game than later game, though it certainly seems better in BM by my estimation.

[dondon151]

The power of island is trashing VP cards without trashing them. Also being strictly better than bomb.

Island is a Victory card and thus forces itself to be drawn into hand when revealed by Scout. EDGE-CASED!

[Seprix]

Island is a Victory card and thus forces itself to be drawn into hand when revealed by Scout. EDGE-CASED!

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG

It's nice with Ironworks too, I guess.

[faust]

Hey, Prince came second. I'll write up something this weekend, I think.

[Seprix]

I just played a game with Island. I also had a Tactician and Ironworks with Laboratories, so I quickly bought up all the Islands and auctioned them off with my Estates and Coppers, while my opponent simply trashed his Coppers with Moneylender. Overall, he had the better deck, but since I bought up all those Islands and stashed them away early, using Tactician's extra action lending, I was able to pressure my opponent to buy Provinces quickly, which he was not able to do because I could tie and still win. So Island isn't TERRIBLE, but man you'd better have the right deck for it. As is with all cards.

[2.71828.....]

I just played a game with Island. I also had a Tactician and Ironworks with Laboratories, so I quickly bought up all the Islands and auctioned them off with my Estates and Coppers, while my opponent simply trashed his Coppers with Moneylender. Overall, he had the better deck, but since I bought up all those Islands and stashed them away early, using Tactician's extra action lending, I was able to pressure my opponent to buy Provinces quickly, which he was not able to do because I could tie and still win. So Island isn't TERRIBLE, but man you'd better have the right deck for it. As is with all cards.

I was worried for a second when you said "bought" the islands.  When I checked the log, I saw that you never actually bought an island, you gained them all from ironworks.  Which is the correct thing to do here.  However, imagine the situation on the board without ironworks here.  You are never going to actually spend a buy getting an island on this board.  (well, maybe late game if you have an awkward 4 or something)  So the point is that ironworks enabled island to be a good card on the board.  Which is true for any card.  There will always be games where even the worst cards are able to shine.  And island isn't even one of the worst cards (37/57 for 4-cost cards)

[Seprix]

I just played a game with Island. I also had a Tactician and Ironworks with Laboratories, so I quickly bought up all the Islands and auctioned them off with my Estates and Coppers, while my opponent simply trashed his Coppers with Moneylender. Overall, he had the better deck, but since I bought up all those Islands and stashed them away early, using Tactician's extra action lending, I was able to pressure my opponent to buy Provinces quickly, which he was not able to do because I could tie and still win. So Island isn't TERRIBLE, but man you'd better have the right deck for it. As is with all cards.

I was worried for a second when you said "bought" the islands.  When I checked the log, I saw that you never actually bought an island, you gained them all from ironworks.  Which is the correct thing to do here.  However, imagine the situation on the board without ironworks here.  You are never going to actually spend a buy getting an island on this board.  (well, maybe late game if you have an awkward 4 or something)  So the point is that ironworks enabled island to be a good card on the board.  Which is true for any card.  There will always be games where even the worst cards are able to shine.  And island isn't even one of the worst cards (37/57 for 4-cost cards)

How on earth did you check the logs?

[Joseph2302]

I just played a game with Island. I also had a Tactician and Ironworks with Laboratories, so I quickly bought up all the Islands and auctioned them off with my Estates and Coppers, while my opponent simply trashed his Coppers with Moneylender. Overall, he had the better deck, but since I bought up all those Islands and stashed them away early, using Tactician's extra action lending, I was able to pressure my opponent to buy Provinces quickly, which he was not able to do because I could tie and still win. So Island isn't TERRIBLE, but man you'd better have the right deck for it. As is with all cards.

I was worried for a second when you said "bought" the islands.  When I checked the log, I saw that you never actually bought an island, you gained them all from ironworks.  Which is the correct thing to do here.  However, imagine the situation on the board without ironworks here.  You are never going to actually spend a buy getting an island on this board.  (well, maybe late game if you have an awkward 4 or something)  So the point is that ironworks enabled island to be a good card on the board.  Which is true for any card.  There will always be games where even the worst cards are able to shine.  And island isn't even one of the worst cards (37/57 for 4-cost cards)

How on earth did you check the logs?

http://www.gokosalvager.com/

[qmech]

http://www.gokosalvager.com/

This is the work of the same hero who led the development of the browser extension.  On the offchance you haven't heard about that either, check the top right link on that page—you're in for a treat.

[2.71828.....]

How on earth did you check the logs?

What joseph2302 said.  It is relatively easy to find the log from there.  You told us 5 of the cards in the game (ironworks, lab, island, tactician, moneylender) and I knew you played the game.  From there I did this search, and your game popped up.