This is an interesting game here; I obviously wasn't playing just for the win and wanted to have fun with this. But Black Market + Horn of Plenty is insane (I got it up to gain cards costing at least $14)! My opponent tried an interesting Transmute+Duchy+Duke strategy, which is generally too slow, but might have gotten me if it wasn't for a sufficiently lucky last turn draw (I could have gone for Colonies earlier).
I wonder if this is ever the right strategy in a competitive enough game. Maybe with slightly better support than Hamlet/Steward/Envoy, but those did quite well for me (pulling KC, Bazaar, and some other cards helped). Actually, those three might be as good as it gets, though Village may have been more consistent than Hamlet, and I basically never used a Salvager I bought (I used it once, and usually discarded it to a Hamlet). I didn't even need to buy every cantrip in the supply (Spy).
http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201109/06/game-20110906-003858-667d012d.html — sherwinpr's turn 19 —
sherwinpr plays a Caravan.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
sherwinpr plays a Hamlet.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... discarding 1 card and getting +1 action.
sherwinpr plays an Envoy.
... drawing an Envoy, a King's Court, a Steward, and 2 Hamlets.
... discarding a King's Court and putting the rest into the hand.
sherwinpr plays a Hamlet.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... discarding 1 card and getting +1 action.
sherwinpr plays a Worker's Village.
... drawing 1 card and getting +2 actions and +1 buy.
sherwinpr plays an Envoy.
... (sherwinpr reshuffles.)
... drawing a Harem, a Bank, an Envoy, a Silver, and a Black Market.
... discarding an Envoy and putting the rest into the hand.
sherwinpr plays a Hamlet.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... discarding 1 card and getting +1 action.
sherwinpr plays a King's Court.
... and plays a Steward.
... ... drawing 2 cards.
... and plays the Steward again.
... ... drawing 2 cards.
... and plays the Steward a third time.
... ... drawing 2 cards.
sherwinpr plays an Envoy.
... drawing a Bazaar, a Salvager, a Black Market, a Militia, and an Envoy.
... discarding an Envoy and putting the rest into the hand.
sherwinpr plays a Bazaar.
... drawing 1 card and getting +2 actions and +$1.
sherwinpr plays a Hamlet.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... discarding 1 card and getting +1 action.
sherwinpr plays a Militia.
... getting +$2.
... joecool discards 2 cards.
sherwinpr plays a Black Market.
... getting +$2.
... drawing an Alchemist, a Tournament, and a Bureaucrat from the Black Market deck.
... returning an Alchemist, a Tournament, and a Bureaucrat to the bottom of the Black Market deck.
sherwinpr plays a Black Market.
... getting +$2.
... drawing a Hoard, an Herbalist, and a Tactician from the Black Market deck.
... returning a Hoard, an Herbalist, and a Tactician to the bottom of the Black Market deck.
sherwinpr plays a Loan.
... drawing and revealing a Horn of Plenty.
... discarding the Horn of Plenty.
sherwinpr plays a Harem, a Silver, and a Copper.
sherwinpr plays a Venture.
... revealing a Market and a Hamlet and then a Horn of Plenty.
... discarding 2 cards.
... playing a Horn of Plenty.
... ... gaining a Colony.
... ... trashing the Horn of Plenty.
sherwinpr plays a Horn of Plenty.
... gaining a Colony.
... trashing the Horn of Plenty.
sherwinpr plays a Horn of Plenty.
... gaining a Colony.
... trashing the Horn of Plenty.
sherwinpr plays a Horn of Plenty.
... gaining a Colony.
... trashing the Horn of Plenty.
sherwinpr plays a Horn of Plenty.
... gaining a Colony.
... trashing the Horn of Plenty.
sherwinpr plays a Horn of Plenty.
... gaining a Colony.
... trashing the Horn of Plenty.
sherwinpr plays a Bank.
... which is worth +$6.
sherwinpr buys a Colony.
sherwinpr buys a Province.
(sherwinpr reshuffles.)
(sherwinpr draws: a Hamlet, 2 Horns of Plenty, a Silver, and an Envoy.)
