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[NoMoreFun]

It's possible to open doctor with Baker on the board, trash 3 estates with it, then buy a Mint with your next $5. Your deck now consists of 4 cards; Doctor, Mint, Copper, Copper

The question is, would this ever be a good idea?

[DStu]

Fool's Gold maybe?

[NoMoreFun]

That would work. If you buy one on turn 3, then you can get 2 more on turn 4, and probably 2 more every turn. You'll probably be able to trash the Mint with the Doctor once the FG pile out, and maybe trash last 2 coppers as well.

Stonemason might be able to make something good out of Mint and Doctor.

Squire is a very fast way to get some Silvers to mint.

Any other card with +$1 is a guaranteed a silver gain Silver the next turn. Lighthouse is a guaranteed Silver, then a guaranteed $5 with another Silver gain.

I could imagine a deck where after this point you just keep buying Candlestick Makers might work, but it's probably too slow Maybe with Bakers once you start hitting $5.

Many $2 cards are useless, of course.

[liopoil]

T3: buy candlestick maker
T4: buy 2 poorhouses, have coin token stored

deckstate: 2 poorhouses, 2 copper, doctor, mint, candlestickmaker, coin token

maybe?

[mail-mi]

Of course, you're going for Gardens, right?

[sudgy]

Fool's Gold maybe?

Would opening plain Fool's Gold/Mint work better?

[clb]

The same overpay of Doctor with the same Estate trashing, playing Doctor on turn 2 leaves you with 2 more Coppers, but a 4 (or 3) card in exchange. I think that, depending on the board, this might be a faster open.