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Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Alms
« Reply #25 on: September 08, 2017, 07:48:04 am »
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Has your perception changed of how good Alms is? I felt like I was the only one saying this is an average event at best most of the time. The thing is, there haven't been many games that made me change my mind about it. It gains you a slightly better card early or a free $4 if you're chapeling, but that's all it does. Still doesn't sound strong.
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Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Alms
« Reply #26 on: September 08, 2017, 09:10:14 am »
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My perception of Alms hasn't changed much; I still think it's very strong!  In some games, it has only a minor role, but in many other games it can completely transform the way you build.  One synergy I missed when I first evaluated this card is cost reduction: Bridge in particular.  And Empires gave it one of its best synergies in Villa!

BTW, gaining a free $3-4 card while Chapeling is huge!  If only one player takes advantage of Alms in a game with Chapel, that player has a huge advantage.
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Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Alms
« Reply #27 on: September 08, 2017, 09:18:29 am »
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There's a bunch of games where Alms does nothing, but it really helps on heavy thinning boards or when you want to open specific things. It's not an every game standout, but it's pretty cool.
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Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Alms
« Reply #28 on: September 08, 2017, 09:22:16 am »
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Alms is super strong with any trashing that trashes from your hand, not just Chapel (except for stuff like Moneylender and Masquerade). You rarely hit $4 on those turns. It's also strong with $4 splitters because it really sets you back when you don't hit $4 in those games, which might happen a couple of times in the early game. It's also extremely strong with a 5/2 opening. At its worst, it's still going to be moderately useful.

Luckily enough, it's almost trivial to realize when you should be buying Alms and when you shouldn't, so being wrong about its overall strength doesn't actually hurt at all.
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Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Alms
« Reply #29 on: September 11, 2017, 10:00:23 am »
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Alms is super strong with any trashing that trashes from your hand, not just Chapel (except for stuff like Moneylender and Masquerade). You rarely hit $4 on those turns. It's also strong with $4 splitters because it really sets you back when you don't hit $4 in those games, which might happen a couple of times in the early game. It's also extremely strong with a 5/2 opening. At its worst, it's still going to be moderately useful.

Luckily enough, it's almost trivial to realize when you should be buying Alms and when you shouldn't, so being wrong about its overall strength doesn't actually hurt at all.
This. I also kinda like that you can bluff well with the card. Not that it often influences your opponent but e.g. on 2/5 with you going first and junkers on the board the opponent might make a different decision during turn 1 if he knew that you could buy that $5 junker on turn 2.
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Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Alms
« Reply #30 on: September 11, 2017, 10:12:12 am »
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Yeah, obviously you should buy Alms instead of playing Treasures whenever you just intend to buy something you could gain with Alms anyway. Which happens every game (well, it's technically possible to always hit $5 but that requires extremely rare shuffle luck in an extremely rare kingdom so basically it doesn't happen). So I think it's actually pretty safe to say that you buy Alms more often than any other card-shaped thing (games where you bought it/games you played with it).
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Re: Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Alms
« Reply #31 on: September 11, 2017, 11:44:43 am »
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well, it's technically possible to always hit $5 but that requires extremely rare shuffle luck in an extremely rare kingdom

or a single-minded devotion to Mandarin, I guess
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