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3 card magic
« on: December 31, 2012, 12:51:55 pm »
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Okay, so here's the set:

You're using Dominion and Dark Ages

The 10 cards are:

Witch
Moneylender
Village
Feast
Cellar
Adventurer
Rats
Poor House
Pillage
Hermit

And here's some things you might need to know

You're playing with 1 opponent, so that means 8 Provinces
You're starting with the Shelters

And here's the catch.

You can only buy or gain 1 card after the first 2 turns. So that means 3 cards other than the Shelters and 7 Coppers, unless of course you decide not to buy anything on one of the first 2 turns. After those 3 cards, you can only buy provinces. Oh yeah, and did I mention that other than Coppers, you can't buy money?

So this is how it goes. Your opponent buys 3 coppers for his cards, and strangely he doesn't get any provinces (I wonder why?)

So, what cards do you buy?

Edit: Removed the perfect shuffle clause
« Last Edit: December 31, 2012, 01:41:05 pm by mail-mi »
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2012, 01:31:14 pm »
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I guess I'd buy 2 poor houses and a village
It's the only way that I see that let's me buy all of the provinces.
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2012, 01:34:57 pm »
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Almost my good friend. Almost. You got 2 right. What about the 7 coppers that will stop your Poor Houses?

Edit: Also remember that you're starting with the Shelters.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2012, 01:36:59 pm by mail-mi »
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Quote from: ashersky on June 11, 2015, 02:37:28 am
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2012, 01:41:28 pm »
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I was assuming perfect shuffle luck, so I always had all my shelters together with my poor houses. I guess that you wanted moneylender/poor house/poor house
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2012, 01:42:11 pm »
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Yep
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Quote from: ashersky on June 11, 2015, 02:37:28 am
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2012, 02:17:42 pm »
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even with moneylender poor house poor house you can only play one action a turn...

without perfect shuffle luck you can still buy village poor house poor house and just skip your turn when you draw copper, you'll get lucky 8 times eventually...

EDIT: I see, you can use necropolis to play both poor houses. However;

once you have trashed your coppers your deck is;

necropolis, moneylender, overgrown estate, hovel, poor house, poor house. six cards. One of your three key cards could be the sixth one out, so there is till only a 50-50 chance of getting a province. you could also theoretically never draw moneylender with coppers. Also by buying provinces you further decrease your chance of hitting necropolis poor house poor house.
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2012, 02:20:46 pm »
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by using hermit instead of village you greatly increase your chances of getting a province hand. You can discard up to two coppers with hermit. You still need to draw your poor houses together though.
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2012, 02:23:56 pm »
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Quote from: liopoil on December 31, 2012, 02:20:46 pm
by using hermit instead of village you greatly increase your chances of getting a province hand. You can discard up to two coppers with hermit. You still need to draw your poor houses together though.

Hermit, not Hamlet.
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2012, 02:27:04 pm »
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Quote from: Drab Emordnilap on December 31, 2012, 02:23:56 pm
Quote from: liopoil on December 31, 2012, 02:20:46 pm
by using hermit instead of village you greatly increase your chances of getting a province hand. You can discard up to two coppers with hermit. You still need to draw your poor houses together though.

Hermit, not Hamlet.
whoops XD
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2012, 04:21:38 pm »
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Well, my original answer was Poor House Poor House Moneylender And hermit you can't trash your coppers.
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Re: 3 card magic
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2012, 04:45:35 pm »
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Yes I know, I was thinking hamlet; which lets you discard.
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