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[polot38]

So i recently played a game where both me and my opponent went for fool's gold BM, and i chose as an enabler taxman, while my opponent chose smugglers. Of course, there were other factors at play, and the difference between smugglers and taxman probably didn't end up changing the result of the game, but i am wondering; in general, (presuming that the opponent isn't going for an engine, because if they were taxman would be a far better FG enabler), which sounds like a better FG enabler?

[werothegreat]

Taxman.

Smugglers relies on your opponent also going for Fool's Gold, and Taxman handily gets rid of your icky Coppers.  Also, if you (happenstance forbid) lose the FG split, you can use Taxman to turn FG into Silver and force your opponent to discard them.

[popsofctown]

Yeah.  Part of Smuggler's upside is when the game will be forced into lots of Duchy dancing.  FG games don't have much Duchy dancing.

Tax-E-E-C-C can't double FG while Smug-eecc can.. But I think the stuff wero talked about adds up enough to make that risk worth it.