I thought you were concerned about discussing strategy with others. Given your skill, that will be you giving strategy advice more often than you receiving it. Using the common terminology will be helpful there, while using your own language that nobody else uses is not. But if you're only concerned with yourself, then what does it matter what other people are saying? Just mull over strategy on your own then.
It is not the terminology I'm using that makes other people better or worse at Dominion, it is the terminology that they themselves use. The strategy advice that I'm giving here is that people should stop using the kind of terminology that keeps them from being better players.
Beggar/Counting House seems disgusting. There's no plus buy, and there's a whole lot of junk in your deck as well.
People tell me one of the problems with Scout is that Scout BM is apparently worse than straight BM.
I look at Village then look back at them.
I have certainly never used that as an example for why Scout (or any other card) is bad. Forager is an amazing card, but Forager-BM isn't happening. Similarly Ironmonger at $4, that would be a terrible BM game.
Probably the third strongest card in the base set, after Chapel and Witch. Took me a while to realize, when I started reading about and experimenting with engines, that Throne Room can play the role of a Village. It was quite The revelation.
I would probably go Masquerade, Fortress, Militia, Scavenger (and caravan can never really hurt). But that's not a particularly strong combo, so that's probably why Beggar/Countin House was a thing.
And cellar helps to get Counting House more/faster.
Glad I'm not the only one who had that thought. Would your buy order differ from mine?
Urchin/Urchin isn't even the best Urchin opening.
Okay, any other cantrip attacks that cost $4 or less? Baker Tokened Minion/Urchin is broken strong, but what else would there be?
Here is another kingdom, this one Seaside and Cornucopia, which to me vaguely resembles singletree's kingdom.
Treasure of the Sea
Native Village, Menagerie, Island, Horse Traders, Bazaar, Merchant Ship, Treasury, Harvest, Horn of Plenty, Hunting Party,
I voted for Torturer, because that one can paralyze a player.
With Mountebank or Cultist, you can get a bit behind, but still only lose the split 6-4. If someone gets their Torturer chain up and running faster than you, it's either: swallow all the Curses or never have a hand.
Torturer's attack is much more ignorable, though. Even middle-strength trashers mean that Torturer hurts lot less (though I'm still likely to get it for the +3 cards), while Cultist and Mountebank can outpace even the best trashers. If you're talking about which cards worst-cast scenario is worst, then it's Torturer, but Cultist and Mountebank dominate the game's strategy more often.
One of my favorite cards and one of the best. I wonder though if Chapel and silver is the right opening, considering that increases your odds of Chapel missing the shuffle.
If it misses the shuffle due to that Silver, those are pretty lowish odds. Chapel trashing 4 Copper on T3/4 is still the correct move, and because lame things like that happen, I think it's worthwhile to pick up the Silver with Chapel in the opening over not doing it. Not to mention tempo and more time wasted building.
Yes, I'm well aware you want to trash 4 coppers if that is what you're handed. Anyway, as far as my silver comment goes, Dan Brooks and I were having a conversation about Chapel a couple of days ago. He brought up, how if possible, he would prefer to open with a Caravan or Tournament or something that draws because, well, they don't really cause your Chapel to miss the shuffle. However, if you open Silver, you slightly increase the odds of Chapel missing the shuffle which oftentimes can have a huge impact on the game. If you open Chapel/Silver, you have a 1/6 chance of having Chapel miss the first shuffle. Chapel/ means you have a 1/11 chance of it missing the shuffle. You almost double the chances of guaranteeing it makes the shuffle. Another thing Dan Brooks brought up, was that even if it doesn't miss the shuffle, there remains a chance the silver and chapel collide which means you trash one less card as well.
I might open Tournament/Chapel. I would never open Caravan/Chapel. The problem with draw is yes it decreases the chances of Chapel missing the shuffle, but after the third shuffle you will have trashed 8 cards, which leaves you with maybe 5 to 6, and at that point, your draw will be mostly useless for a couple of turns. Since that is exactly the point when you want to start building your deck, having a useless card in there over one that help you gain engine pieces is pretty bad. IMO the first choice to open with Chapel are always gainers, and the next best thing is payload.
Pirate Ship might actually be good here. It can be King's Courted to great effect and you don't want that many terminals, except maybe one or two Haunted Woods. It's especially strong if your opponent uses Treasure Trove as payload.
I've got it narrowed down to Jester, Rogue, Giant, or Soothsayer. But I may be forgetting a few.
Are there any $5 attacks as powerful as those?
I'll just say that good ole Sab will always have a place in my heart.
The thing with the gardens is they like Mountebank once the curses are out. Avoid discarding a curse, get copper, and potentially increase the worth of gardens? Chancellor is worth more with that kind of board.So by some sort of consensus, almost everybody thinks that either Mountebank or Cultist is the best. How do you guys counter them when they are on the board (apart from just getting them yourself)?
Vineyards sometimes doesn't mind Ruins, and Gardens sometimes doesn't mind the junk Mountebank gives you. If you can use Save repeatedly on a Moat or something that works too. But this is very rare, the counter almost always involves going for them yourself.
Edit: at the endgame, I mean
I've got it narrowed down to Jester, Rogue, Giant, or Soothsayer. But I may be forgetting a few.
Are there any $5 attacks as powerful as those?
Chapel has an 88% gain rate. Chapel-Big Money is not strong without other support, such as straightforward big money boards (e.g., Big Money + terminal draw + Provinces). Furthermore, Chapel is actively harmful on slog boards like a board where Duchy/Duke + money is dominant.
