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Black Market is terminal. Because of this, it must always be judged in comparison to [[Silver_test|buying a Silver instead]] of Black Market. | Black Market is terminal. Because of this, it must always be judged in comparison to [[Silver_test|buying a Silver instead]] of Black Market. | ||
− | Black Market is highly likely to give you otherwise strong cards at the wrong time. Let's suppose you buy a Black Market on T1/T2. Then you play it on T3/T4. That means that if you buy Chapel from the Black Market, the earliest you can see that card is on turn 5; that's way too late to start trashing your starting cards. It might give you a [[curser]] when you're already greening, or good [[villages]] before you've bought any terminals, or terminals when you haven't bought enough villages. It's unpredictable. There is absolutely no guaranteeing that you find the card you want, with the money to pay for it. The most important thing to remember about Black Market is that you should never assume you'll get a specific card. To get the most from the card, you need a variety of cards that you would want to buy, and you need to be flexible in building a plan that can accommodate or benefit from them. | + | Black Market is highly likely to give you otherwise strong cards at the wrong time. Let's suppose you buy a Black Market on T1/T2. Then you play it on T3/T4. That means that if you buy Chapel from the Black Market, the earliest you can see that card is on turn 5; that's way too late to start trashing your starting cards. It might give you a [[curser]] when you're already greening, or good [[villages]] before you've bought any terminals, or terminals when you haven't bought enough villages. It's unpredictable. There is absolutely no guaranteeing that you find the card you want, with the money to pay for it. The most important thing to remember about Black Market is that you should never assume you'll get a specific card. To get the most from the card, you need a variety of cards that you would want to buy, and you need to be flexible in building a plan that can accommodate or benefit from them. Compare to new [[Dark Ages]] card {{Card|Ironmonger}}. |
=== When to buy Black Market === | === When to buy Black Market === |