I know that there's a lot of discussion about Baker's Coin Token ability on the forums, but the
wiki article does not yet have a strategy article on Baker. Do you think that someone who's played with Baker a lot could try writing one?
My main thought for such an article is that the most powerful aspect of Baker is it's extra Coin token. If used in the opening, it can turn a 5/2 into a 5/3 or 6/2, or a 4/3 into a 5/3 or 4/4. This permits a lot of new, powerful (almost broken, in some cases) openings:
6/2- Chapel / Gold (Chapel / Silver on steroids)
- Goons
- Border Village
5/3- Ensure purchase of $5 card on opening buy (chance does not decide whether you are stuck without the Witch)
- $5 curser / $3 cantrip
- Lab / Silver (or other $3)
- Scheme / $5 action to scheme
4/4- Double Treasure Map
- DoubleJack
I haven't looked into what strategies you can take by
saving the Coin Token - probably the same as other cards that grant them.