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[werothegreat]

So I played a game with this over the weekend (though I didn't win), but I feel that if worked better, it could be very viable.

It's pretty simple.  You play Pillage, it gets trashed, you scoop it up with Graverobber, and put it back on top of your deck to use next turn.  Rinse and repeat.  Even better if you got Graverobber when someone else went for Pillage - you never even had to pay for your Pillage!

Would definitely be boosted by Schemes, to make sure that Graverobber is always there.

[Insomniac]

you probably want a village too so you can play both the cards, is walled village the ideal village here because you can top it?

[GendoIkari]

So I played a game with this over the weekend (though I didn't win), but I feel that if worked better, it could be very viable.

It's pretty simple.  You play Pillage, it gets trashed, you scoop it up with Graverobber, and put it back on top of your deck to use next turn.  Rinse and repeat.  Even better if you got Graverobber when someone else went for Pillage - you never even had to pay for your Pillage!

Would definitely be boosted by Schemes, to make sure that Graverobber is always there.

Indeed, I'm pretty sure Graverobber and Pillage are put together in one of the recommended Dark Ages sets for this very reason. Removing the one-shot penalty from Pillage is a huge boost. My biggest concern about how viable this is, though... Graverobber is doing nothing for you here other than getting you another play of the Pillage next turn. At least with Rogue you get +2 money to go with it.

[Jorbles]

This can work, but its actually quite vulnerable to itself. Opponents with Graverobbers can scoop up the Pillage before you do if you don't play them the same hand and a Pillage can knock one of the cards out of your hand and prevent you from getting the combo off.