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[ehunt]

We've had several boards in a row where we dealt out beggar and scoffed because who would want to buy beggar unless there's Counting House or Gardens or something? Anyway, I've decided it's pretty good for a 3-provinces 6-duchy strategy, much like the ancient "bureaucrat beats chapel" strategy. I bought it in the middle of a game where my opponent was maraudering me a bunch (I also twice used a band of misfits as a beggar) and I didn't expect to shuffle too many more times, and was happy. I only think I used the reaction once or twice; the immediate +3 was the big help.

[Cuzz]

Haven't tried it yet, but I was thinking it might be good with Mercenary if you have the spare actions. Mercenary is kinda dead later in the game if you have no junk to trash, and Beggar brings trashing targets right to your hand.

[GendoIkari]

We've had several boards in a row where we dealt out beggar and scoffed because who would want to buy beggar unless there's Counting House or Gardens or something? Anyway, I've decided it's pretty good for a 3-provinces 6-duchy strategy, much like the ancient "bureaucrat beats chapel" strategy. I bought it in the middle of a game where my opponent was maraudering me a bunch (I also twice used a band of misfits as a beggar) and I didn't expect to shuffle too many more times, and was happy. I only think I used the reaction once or twice; the immediate +3 was the big help.

I used it some tonight. Mostly got it to help protect against Knights, but I used the +3 Coppers twice; once for a Province and once for a Duchy.

[HiveMindEmulator]

It also might not be too bad late in any game when adding Coppers isn't so bad. For instance, if you buy it on the second-to-last time through the deck with a spare $2, you can play it as terminal gold on the last time through and never shuffle the Coppers in.

[dondon151]

Beggar + Bank on a megaturn?

Probably needs a lot of things to for it to work out, but each Beggar is effectively a +$6 for a $2 cost card.

[Lekkit]

If IGG is a Silver with a curse effect, Beggar is a terminal Gold. Also, it's reaction is pretty sweet. I've used it to great effect against Urchin and Pillage.

[GendoIkari]

Beggar + Bank on a megaturn?

Probably needs a lot of things to for it to work out, but each Beggar is effectively a +$6 for a $2 cost card.

I'd love to see a Beggar + Coppersmith engine.