I taught myself tips on how to beat Treasure Bot (our title for this impact, to differentiate from the wait-for-platinum technique Prosperity introduces) by having easy guidelines which — whereas not on their very own essentially higher than treasure bot, have been helpful for creating the “really feel” of a great deck.

(The zeroth rule: should you see a method to purchase a province, accomplish that. This is known as the Goose Rule, and with the ability to get a province is known as “having the Goose”.)

The first rule: on the primary two turns, you are more likely to get a 3/4 break up. except your 4 goes to produce you with cash, or both card will trash your junk, your 3 actually ought to be silver. (And probably anyway; keep in mind that a silver / chapel begin is de facto good, though they’re each low cost.)

The second rule: should you had a terminal motion (an motion that does not offer you +Actions) in hand that you just didn’t play since you have been out of actions, don’t purchase a terminal.

The third rule: should you had unused actions, don’t purchase a Village. Usually, do not buy something that offers +a number of actions — the opposite advantages are not so good as what you ought to have the ability to get elsewhere. (Having a bunch of motion splitters and no terminals is known as the Wolf Trap.)

The fourth rule: is the cardboard you are considering of shopping for higher than three of the playing cards in your opening hand? In different phrases, have been there three playing cards in your hand that, had you had this card as an alternative, the flip would have been higher?

The fifth rule: When 5 of the provinces are gone, begin shopping for duchies at each alternative. When 9 are gone, purchase all of the inexperienced you possibly can.

The sixth rule: do not buy a couple of of any given value 2 card, 2 of any given value 3, or 3 of any given value 4 till you end up wishing you had it in a hand you did not.

As you play, you may be taught when to disregard these guidelines or make exceptions; the fifth rule would possibly get some caveats about whether or not or not you are profitable, or should you’re about to reshuffle, as an illustration. I do not comply with these guidelines any extra, as a result of they’ve taught me what I wanted to know.

A giant a part of better-than-treasure-bot play is designing your technique. Look on the playing cards accessible. Figure out what combos are potential, and what work at cross-purposes. Some playing cards assist you to make your deck smaller (by eliminating unhealthy playing cards by way of trashing, e.g. chapel, or handing off, e.g. ambassador.) Some playing cards assist you to enhance the playing cards you could have (by trashing and changing, e.g. improve or transform). Some playing cards assist you to get previous playing cards you do not need in hand (by drawing and discarding them, e.g. warehouse or oasis). These are all legitimate ways, however they principally work at odds — should you trash your ineffective stuff, you will not have a lot to enhance or get previous; normally, decide one in all these and go along with it. Similarly, some decks work by at all times being fairly good; others work by typically being horrible and typically being nice. take into consideration how the playing cards work collectively, or do not. In normal, should you would not need each playing cards in hand collectively, do not buy one in all them. And in case your technique depends on getting each playing cards collectively, take into consideration whether or not it is actually the proper technique, or work further onerous to make it occur. (Consider that getting two treasure maps collectively is uncommon sufficient that it is value 4 gold on high of your deck and is not over-powered. BTW, if you are going to attempt to make treasure maps work, you want numerous trashing and/or 3 or extra maps.)