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Public Service Announcement: Mandarin/Capital
Awaclus:
--- Quote from: markusin on September 26, 2017, 11:49:00 am ---Doesn't Mandarin/Horn require a kingdom treasure as well?
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Or Platinum.
If it's a board where you get to choose between Mandarin/Capital and Mandarin/HoP, though, that's not a problem.
crj:
--- Quote from: Polk5440 on September 26, 2017, 10:15:47 am ---The blog did used to do combos; just because those old combos are now mostly overshadowed (or were not that great to begin with) doesn't mean there isn't a place to highlight particularly strong or unique card interactions. I enjoyed thinking about the combos posted on the blog when I first found DominionStragtegy; having someone highlight why two cards work particularly well together really got me to think deeper about Dominion and learn something appropriately bite-sized.
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Frankly, whether or it improves one's game, combos are really amusing and interesting to read about.
I'll take an article about some absurd combo that loses over an article on how to win a Laboratory mirror game any day.
Seprix:
I think I may have been thinking in the wrong way about articles involving Dominion the whole time. They don't need to be more complex and long, they need to be shorter and less complex. They can cover interactions between two or more cards because those things are interesting. That's what Dominion is all about. Having some stoic stance where only general information about one card is given is kind of silly when I really think about it.
dedicateddan:
I played another 8 games with this. Capital/Mandarin won all 8 times - although a Bridge megaturn did come close
Capitals are the priority early. Get 2-4 of them to get started
Once you start topdecking Capitals, the rate of cycling slows. A lot of the time, you trigger a shuffle and then use Mandarin to topdeck all of the Capitals in that shuffle. You likely won't see any additional cards that you buy
In a mirror, the Mandarin pile will often run out - which is OK. Whoever lines up Capitals first will usually have have a big point lead when this happens. Simply audible into Capital/Mandarin money to close out the game
The strategy seems to ignore most attacks. There were several boards where Cultist, Margrave, etc. were ignored. There are few boards where the decks can afford to ignore 50+ points of greening without contesting Provinces (Goons comes to mind)
So, in summary, it does seem quite strong and also quite straightforward to play.
Edit: I think the standard line is to open Capital/X or Silver/X and take Capitals on every $5+ hand. Once you have 3 Capitals in a clean shuffle, topdeck as many Capitals and good treasures as possible to Mandarin while sifting. Do the same if you happen to draw 2+ Capitals in the same hand. Once you have all your Capitals in hand, play all your treasure and go full golden - the rest of your deck doesn't matter.
Beyond Awesome:
Congrats to Dan Brooks. This article is now up on the home page/blog. https://dominionstrategy.com/2017/10/02/the-mandarincapital-combo/
Keep up with the great content!
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