http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?http://dominion-game-logs.s3.amazonaws.com/game_logs/20160504/log.0.1462341109928.txtVineyard, Storeroom, Urchin, Herald, Mining Village, Nomad Camp, Tournament, Cache, Festival, TorturerPlayed a game against HvB today. I wish I recorded this game, because it's hard to show how far behind I was, and how quickly it turned around. I repeatedly bet the game on drawing the right cards at the right time, and won every time.
T1 + T2: both open Urchin/Urchin
T3 + T4: bottom two cards are my two Urchins. This isn't that bad, but Urchin hits a 5 Copper hand. I hit $4 and $2 this shuffle, so I only get one Herald.
T5: I get my Merc, but draw into 2 Copper + 3 Estate, so again I can't buy anything. Meanwhile HvB is up 1 Herald and 1 Torturer on me.
T6: Forced to discard 2 Coppers to Merc. I hit $3. Normally you buy a 3rd Urchin to increase your chances of gaining a 2nd Merc, but I decide, screw it, I'm stupidly far behind. I'm going to buy a Silver for economy, and my Urchin is going to collide with Merc. If it doesn't I lose anyways.
T7: Urchin collides with Merc, I get to trash 2 Estates, gain a 2nd Merc, and hit $4 to buy something useful.
T8: Draw all my junk, buy nothing because an Urchin or Silver isn't worth a Curse from Torturer.
T9: I am down by: 1 Herald, 1 Torturer, 2 Tournaments, 1 Urchin. Also I have 7 Copper + Estate + Curse as junk, compared to 3 Coppers for junk. Against all odds, I get to play both Mercs and hit $8, buying Province. (I don't have Tournament yet, but this lets me block HvB's Tournaments, and it's a lot easier to hit $4 than $8.)
T10: Still horribly behind on actions. I keep Herald + Estate + Curse for my 3 card hand, hoping I hit Merc. I hit both. Trash 4 junk cards, buy that Tournament.
At this point, I'm actually thinner than my opponent. By the time HvB hits $8 again, I've gained both Trusty Steed and Princess. At that point, it's a matter of using Herald overpay to topdeck Province every turn and Steed + Princess to catch up on my action deficit. By T14 my deck is basically HvB's deck with extra Prizes; on T15 HvB duds and resigns.
