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[brokoli]

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I know I was lucky but Royal seal really shone in this game :

— brokoli's turn 3 —
brokoli plays 4 Coppers.
brokoli plays a Royal Seal.
brokoli buys a Gold.
... putting the Gold on top of the deck.

— brokoli's turn 5 —
brokoli plays 2 Coppers and a Gold.
brokoli plays a Royal Seal.
brokoli buys a Gold.
... putting the Gold on top of the deck.

— brokoli's turn 6 —
brokoli plays a Hunting Party.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... revealing 2 Estates, 2 Coppers, and a Gold.
... (brokoli reshuffles.)
... revealing a Copper, a Copper, a Copper, a Copper, an Estate, a Gold, a Copper, and a Royal Seal.
... putting the Royal Seal into the hand.
... discarding an Estate, 5 Coppers, and a Gold.
brokoli plays 2 Coppers and a Gold.
brokoli plays a Royal Seal.
brokoli buys a Gold.
... putting the Gold on top of the deck.

— brokoli's turn 8 —
brokoli plays a Hunting Party.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... revealing 4 Coppers and a Gold.
... revealing a Gold and a Royal Seal.
... putting the Royal Seal into the hand.
... discarding a Gold.
brokoli plays 4 Coppers and a Gold.
brokoli plays a Royal Seal.
brokoli buys a Platinum.
... putting the Platinum on top of the deck.

— brokoli's turn 11 —
brokoli plays a Hunting Party.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... revealing an Estate, a Copper, a Gold, a Hunting Party, and a Royal Seal.
... (brokoli reshuffles.)
... revealing a Copper and a Platinum.
... putting the Platinum into the hand.
... discarding a Copper.
brokoli plays a Hunting Party.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... revealing an Estate, a Copper, a Platinum, 2 Golds, and a Royal Seal.
... revealing an Estate, a Copper, a Copper, an Estate, and a Hunting Party.
... putting the Hunting Party into the hand.
... discarding 2 Estates and 2 Coppers.
brokoli plays a Hunting Party.
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action.
... revealing a Copper, a Platinum, a Grand Market, an Estate, a Royal Seal, and 2 Golds.
... (brokoli reshuffles.)
... revealing a Copper, a Gold, a Copper, a Copper, a Copper, an Estate, a Copper, a Copper, and an Estate.
... discarding 2 Estates, 6 Coppers, and a Gold.
brokoli plays a Grand Market.
... (brokoli reshuffles.)
... drawing 1 card and getting +1 action, +1 buy, and +$2.
brokoli plays a Platinum and 2 Golds.
brokoli plays a Royal Seal.
brokoli buys a Grand Market.
... putting the Grand Market on top of the deck.
brokoli buys a Grand Market.
... putting the Grand Market on top of the deck.

— brokoli's turn 13 —
(...)
brokoli buys a Grand Market.
... putting the Grand Market on top of the deck.
brokoli buys a Grand Market.
... putting the Grand Market on top of the deck.

I never used this card such effectively.

[cherdano]

I think Royal Seal is undervalued.

[HiveMindEmulator]

I don't think this is a particularly lucky usage of Royal Seal.

Here's my thoughts on Royal Seal in general:
I think of it as a treasure version of Merchant Ship early, and a Silver late. Both get you $2 on this turn and a bonus next turn. Merchant Ship always gives $2, and Royal Seal in a sense gives you (utility of newest card)-(utility of average card in draw pile), which will often be pretty close to $2, and be better when you buy platinum or multiple cards that combo together. The reason Royal Seal typically seems weak is that there are often not enough plays before you start greening and it turns into a simple Silver. It suffers the same problems as the other "weak" cards from Prosperity -- it basically needs Colony games.