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[mgallop]

So, just beat opponent who played first w/ Mint/FG opening, and I'm pretty pleased. Caveats are:
-I hit 3P on turn 3 for familiar.
-I swindled an FG on turn 4.
-Opponent didnt draw FG w/ Mint on first shuffle.

Still, its a terrifying opening, and I was pretty pleased I was able to fight through it, and get his deck back to bloated and slow enough that I could get 5 provinces first.

http://dominion.isotropic.org/gamelog/201208/05/game-20120805-090121-edcaaa7f.html

[carstimon]

I think swindler is terrifying for a Mint/FG player.  It's true that in the first shuffle you have a 50% chance of them hitting an estate.  But if they hit your mint, fg, or copper (in that order of badness) you're pretty sad: with such a small deck the effect of the dead card they introduce is gonna be pretty big.  I think it maybe would've been an even stronger attack to get two swindlers, and ignore familiar.

[mgallop]

Thats fair. My thought process was that getting familiar would allow me to attack multiple times a turn, and that I'm be able to get stables pretty quickly which meant I didnt really want double swindler.