Hey simulators:
How would followers compete against other cursers?
Specifically:
Followers at $5, win rate vs optimal witch, mb, etc
Followers at $6, same
Followed at $7, same.
My instinct is that followers wins at $5 by a significant margin. I'll bet it wins at $6 too, but close. It loses at $7.
(but obviously a combined strategy of buying witch+followers at $7 may dominate. The early curser being more important than the more powerful one)
Ed
but counterargument -- followers vs. witch, the followers benefits over witch only by being a discard attack in a curse game, which isn't that strong, whereas the witch benefits by not giving you an estate. i think the reason followers is so dominant in tournament games is that it's the exclusive curser, no?
Discard attacks are still good, and the estates aren't all bad. I mean, by your logic, we should be willing to pay 10+ for witch in a BM game.
I'd probably say at 6 it will be close.
Diadem is trivially equivalent to gold in this case.
Trusty Steed is probably worth 7-8 here (good at 7, not so hot at
. (You should obviously never play it for the actions, but cards and money is very strong, and silver flood is nothing to sneeze at at the right moments especially).
Bag of Gold is probably decent at 6, not terribly good at 7.
And Princess is probably similar to that but slightly worse - a very mild improvement (but close to a wash) at 6, not very good at 7.
Of course, this isn't close to the best way to evaluate them in general, but it is kind of fun.
