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Let's Discuss ... / Re: Let's Discuss Base Set Cards: Library
« on: April 09, 2016, 09:44:19 am »The obvious base set combo is Festival-Library, probably the second most important card interaction after Workshop/Gardens. I think that even today, Festival is the perfect card to go with Library. Library is best with disappearing money and non-drawing Villages, and Festival is both AND adds in a buy to the mix.
Festival-Library isn't really a strong engine on its own. You'll probably need to buy some Silvers to buy all your 5-cost actions, eventually filling your deck with silvers and Festivals. All these stop cards mean that any starting hand without a Library is probably going to be a dud hand. You need something extra - sifters (so, Cellar for base set games) or nonterminal trashers work very well for helping find that first Library.
On top of that, it is hard to rely on Festival for all your +actions since it's difficult to quickly add both them and the Libraries to your deck at the same time at their pricepoint. Hence you'd like there to be a cheaper village to buy on weaker hands or with spare Festival buys.