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[ehunt]

it's just the best when you taxman a silver and it works

[Witherweaver]

it's just the best when you taxman a silver and it works

This play inspired George Harrison to write a song.

[jaybeez]

Even better is when you know your opponent has a Platinum in hand and you Taxman a Plat into a Plat and then draw it back with a cantrip.

I'm not sure I've ever done that.  Maybe someday.

[AdamH]

I've come close

[Rabid]

$8 denied twice in the same game, with Gold > Gold.

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?20140710/log.51201cbee4b04e88c8da4f9a.1405023953282.txt#1-16

http://gokosalvager.com/static/logprettifier.html?20140710/log.51201cbee4b04e88c8da4f9a.1405023953282.txt#2-20

[pubby]

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pubby plays Taxman
pubby trashes Platinum
Mrs. Green Drake reveals Silver, Baker, Nobles, Gold, Market Square
pubby gains Platinum
pubby plays Market Square
pubby draws Platinum
So close and yet so far.

[liopoil]

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pubby plays Taxman
pubby trashes Platinum
Mrs. Green Drake reveals Silver, Baker, Nobles, Gold, Market Square
pubby gains Platinum
pubby plays Market Square
pubby draws Platinum
So close and yet so far.

From the same game though:

pubby   plays Taxman
pubby   trashes Platinum
Mrs. Green Drake   discards Platinum
pubby   gains Platinum
pubby   plays 3 Platinum
pubby   buys Colony

[werothegreat]

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pubby plays Taxman
pubby trashes Platinum
Mrs. Green Drake reveals Silver, Baker, Nobles, Gold, Market Square
pubby gains Platinum
pubby plays Market Square
pubby draws Platinum
So close and yet so far.

From the same game though:

pubby   plays Taxman
pubby   trashes Platinum
Mrs. Green Drake   discards Platinum
pubby   gains Platinum
pubby   plays 3 Platinum
pubby   buys Colony

That's altogether way too many Platina.

[ehunt]

it's one of the few attacks that, when it happens to me, i don't even feel bad, i just admire my opponent

[ehunt]

in all seriousness taxman is really just not that bad a card. i mean it's not good, it's just also not bad.

c.f. Mine.

taxman: cutpurses yourself. (bad)
mines yourself (good)
delays the benefit of mining yourself (bad)
ghost ships yourself (bad)
attacks opponent (good)
costs less than mine (good)

what i'm saying is that it's scientifically proven that Taxman costs 4.

[Kirian]

in all seriousness taxman is really just not that bad a card. i mean it's not good, it's just also not bad.

c.f. Mine.

taxman: cutpurses yourself. (bad)
mines yourself (good)
delays the benefit of mining yourself (bad)
ghost ships yourself (bad)
attacks opponent (good)
costs less than mine (good)

what i'm saying is that it's scientifically proven that Taxman costs 4.

Costs less than your what?

[Burning Skull]

Costs less than your what?

And I thought it was left behind in 2014...

[jsh357]

I don't get Kirian's joke.  Taxman costs less than Mint; that's pretty obvious.

[Witherweaver]

I don't get Kirian's joke.  Taxman costs less than Mint; that's pretty obvious.

Costs less than your what?

[A Drowned Kernel]

I don't get Kirian's joke.  Taxman costs less than Mint; that's pretty obvious.

Costs less than your what?

vote: WW

[GendoIkari]

ghost ships yourself (bad)

I don't agree with this one. Surely Taxman would be weaker if the gained treasure went to discard instead of on top of your deck? So the "ghost ship" effect here is a good thing, not a bad. (Unless you're counting the handsize reduction, but you already covered that with Cutpurse).

[WanderingWinder]

I don't get Kirian's joke.  Taxman costs less than Mint; that's pretty obvious.

Costs less than your what?

vote: WW

A vote for me is a vote for everyone.

[jsh357]

I'm still lost.  Why did ww get so much more respect than ww?  Someone explain the joke.

[Davio]

ghost ships yourself (bad)

I don't agree with this one. Surely Taxman would be weaker if the gained treasure went to discard instead of on top of your deck? So the "ghost ship" effect here is a good thing, not a bad. (Unless you're counting the handsize reduction, but you already covered that with Cutpurse).

I think it's more like Royal Seal.

[Awaclus]

ghost ships yourself (bad)

I don't agree with this one. Surely Taxman would be weaker if the gained treasure went to discard instead of on top of your deck? So the "ghost ship" effect here is a good thing, not a bad. (Unless you're counting the handsize reduction, but you already covered that with Cutpurse).

It depends. In the early game, you want to draw your newly gained Silver rather than one of your Estates or Coppers, but in the late game, you want to draw your engine components rather than the Treasure.

[eHalcyon]

in all seriousness taxman is really just not that bad a card. i mean it's not good, it's just also not bad.

c.f. Mine.

taxman: cutpurses yourself. (bad)
mines yourself (good)
delays the benefit of mining yourself (bad)
ghost ships yourself (bad)
attacks opponent (good)
costs less than mine (good)

what i'm saying is that it's scientifically proven that Taxman costs 4.

the frogurt is also cursed (bad)

[Asper]

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pubby plays Taxman
pubby trashes Platinum
Mrs. Green Drake reveals Silver, Baker, Nobles, Gold, Market Square
pubby gains Platinum
pubby plays Market Square
pubby draws Platinum
So close and yet so far.

From the same game though:

pubby   plays Taxman
pubby   trashes Platinum
Mrs. Green Drake   discards Platinum
pubby   gains Platinum
pubby   plays 3 Platinum
pubby   buys Colony

That's altogether way too many Platina.

...said the guy with the Platinum avatar. :-P

[Davio]

ghost ships yourself (bad)

I don't agree with this one. Surely Taxman would be weaker if the gained treasure went to discard instead of on top of your deck? So the "ghost ship" effect here is a good thing, not a bad. (Unless you're counting the handsize reduction, but you already covered that with Cutpurse).

It depends. In the early game, you want to draw your newly gained Silver rather than one of your Estates or Coppers, but in the late game, you want to draw your engine components rather than the Treasure.

In the late late game when you're going mainly for green, it's great to dump a Duchy buying hand, possibly Cutpurse your opponent so he can't buy a Province/Duchy and buy a better VP card next turn.

[Awaclus]

ghost ships yourself (bad)

I don't agree with this one. Surely Taxman would be weaker if the gained treasure went to discard instead of on top of your deck? So the "ghost ship" effect here is a good thing, not a bad. (Unless you're counting the handsize reduction, but you already covered that with Cutpurse).

It depends. In the early game, you want to draw your newly gained Silver rather than one of your Estates or Coppers, but in the late game, you want to draw your engine components rather than the Treasure.

In the late late game when you're going mainly for green, it's great to dump a Duchy buying hand, possibly Cutpurse your opponent so he can't buy a Province/Duchy and buy a better VP card next turn.

In the late game, you should be able to draw your deck every turn, but the more green you add, the more likely it becomes that you'll draw a hand of Wharves and junk without Villages or vice versa. And the more Treasures you topdeck before your next turn, the more likely it is that your next turn will be one of those turns.

[c4master]

You should just buy all the Provinces in one turn.