Is it just me still being noob and overrating this card, but Mandarin 5/5 opening somehow seem so awesome to me.
I just had a Mandarin/Hunting Party opening, with 1 Mand, 1 Sil and 1 Gold and only 3 HPs I was getting Province every turn. My opponent went Alchs though, so that did help a bit, but it was very fast nonetheless. I hit 4 Prov 12th (maybe even 11th?) turn. Closed the game so can't get the log now.