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Dominion => Dominion Articles => Topic started by: math on March 30, 2013, 12:48:14 am
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I discovered this combo in a game today. This probably isn't a combo you're likely to see that often, but it works very well when these two cards are present.
The main problem with Death Cart is that it is difficult to line up the Death Cart with your Ruins. You rely on shuffle luck too much, and the Ruins clog up your deck in the meantime. Having a Watchtower in hand when you buy Death Cart eliminates this problem: simply trash one Ruins, then topdeck Death Cart and the other Ruins. This effectively turns Death Cart into a guaranteed two-shot terminal Platinum with no penalty, which can help you jump to expensive cards quickly.
To pull off this combo, you only need to have a Watchtower and $4 worth of treasure in your hand, which is not very difficult. You will probably want more than one Watchtower in your deck so you can do this repeatedly.
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This effectively turns Death Cart into a guaranteed two-shot terminal Platinum with no penalty
To be precise the 1st time you play it, it is generating 5 coins using up two slot in hand (where Platinum use just one slot). Though it should be helpful in getting expensive card early with minimal drawback.
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I probably would still keep the other Ruins, just not topdeck it.
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Even with Death Cart, Ruins are a bad thing to have unless you have a way to increase the chances of lining them up together. They just aren't nearly as bad as in other situations. If you already have a few Death Carts in your deck, keeping an extra Ruins could be good, because it's likely you will draw it with one of your Death Carts. If you have an engine that can draw most of your deck, keeping the Ruins could be a good idea. Without enablers, though, Ruins are still bad.