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Dominion => Dominion Articles => Topic started by: Gromph on April 17, 2015, 03:25:39 am
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Hi,
I will talk about Magpie.
I have seen a curious combo between Magpie and Watchtower.
Watchtower:
Draw until you have 6 cards in hand.
When you gain a card, you may reveal this from your hand. If you do, either trash that card, or put it on top of your deck.
Magpie:
+1 Card
+1 Action
Reveal the top card of your deck. If it's a Treasure, put it into your hand. If it's an Action or Victory card, gain a Magpie.
- So, If the second card on the top of the deck is an action (or a victory) card
- If you have one watchtower , two magpie in your hand
- Else if you have one watchtower and one magpie in your hand and the top of the card is a magpie
You can receive all the other magpie present in the supply
- Play a magpie
- Draw a card, reveal the second card that is an action card
- So get a magpie
- Reveal watchtower, put the magpie on top of the deck
- Play the magpie that you have draw (or the second that you have in your hand))
- Draw the magpie and reveal yet an action card
- Return to get the magpie until there is no magpie in the supply
It's a good way to start an engine or you can trash for benefit after all this magpie... To see...
Yet,
Magpie should work well with Harem:
Because If you reveal an Harem,
you would get a new magpie and draw the harem.
;D
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Seems legit. Like flying rats...
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02105/the-birds_2105331i.jpg)
:e Should, similar to rats, also work with an almost empty deck instead of Watchtower, or? (Details to the reader)
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Empty deck, YES but NO...
Because If your deck is empty, no treasure.
No treasure, no way to buy another card.
No way to buy, no victory card.
No victory card, no way to win... ;D
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Empty deck, YES but NO...
Because If your deck is empty, no treasure.
No treasure, no way to buy another card.
No way to buy, no victory card.
No victory card, no way to win... ;D
Not completely trashed, completely drawn. Except for 2 Actions.
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Ways to piledrive magpies: 1) Watchtower, 2) draw most of your deck. As you can see, watchtower effectively draws your deck in most cases.
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For some reason, when Watchtower was designed with the "Put on top of your deck" part, I don't think the idea wasn't fully developed that you could use this to draw your entire deck or gain a bunch of cards in convoluted ways.
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For some reason, when Watchtower was designed with the "Put on top of your deck" part, I don't think the idea wasn't fully developed that you could use this to draw your entire deck or gain a bunch of cards in convoluted ways.
Or help gain the supply.
But yeah, this is a very curious combo.
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Watchtowers are high places.
Birds like high places.
Seems like a thematic combo to me.