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== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
While it may look quite unassuming, Silk Merchant is one of the best 4 cost openers in the game because of how easy it makes it to get to 5 coins on turns 3 and 4. Also, because it draws 2 cards, opening Silk Merchant and a non card draw card, like Silver, allows you to perfectly use your whole deck on turns 3 and 4 (unless Silk Merchant is bottom decked). While in some kingdoms you will prefer to open with a thinner like {{Card|Remake}} on a 3/4 start, you can open Silk Merchant Remake on the 4/3 because of the added flexibility of the coffer and villager, and with a strong 5 cost card in the kingdom like {{Card|Sentry}}, opening Silk Merchant Silver is likely better than getting a slower trasher like {{Card|Forager}}, which is by no means a weak card, but with Silk Merchant enabling you to hit 5 so often, it is probably better to not open Forager.
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While it may look quite unassuming, Silk Merchant is one of the best 4 cost openers in the game because of how easy it makes it to get to 5 coins on turns 3 and 4. Also, because it draws 2 cards, opening Silk Merchant and a non card draw card, like Silver, allows you to perfectly use your whole deck on turns 3 and 4 (unless Silk Merchant is bottom decked). While in some kingdoms you will prefer to open with a thinner like {{Card|Remake}} on a 4/3 start, on boards with popular 5 cost cards, Silk Merchant shines.
  
 
According to calculations by WanderingWinder, a player opening Silk Merchant/Silver has an over 50% chance to open with two 5 cost cards, and getting at least one 5 cost card is guaranteed on turns 3 and 4 because of the coffer. It also gives a player a decent chance to hit 7 for an early {{Card|Inheritance}} if that is in the kingdom. An even better opening is Silk Merchant/{{Card|Improve}} if the kingdom has desirable 5s, as the villager from Silk Merchant helps in the case of collision, and otherwise, the Improve can turn into another Silk Merchant or other 4 cost card, like one of the villages, to allow you to play your 5s, if terminal, more often.
 
According to calculations by WanderingWinder, a player opening Silk Merchant/Silver has an over 50% chance to open with two 5 cost cards, and getting at least one 5 cost card is guaranteed on turns 3 and 4 because of the coffer. It also gives a player a decent chance to hit 7 for an early {{Card|Inheritance}} if that is in the kingdom. An even better opening is Silk Merchant/{{Card|Improve}} if the kingdom has desirable 5s, as the villager from Silk Merchant helps in the case of collision, and otherwise, the Improve can turn into another Silk Merchant or other 4 cost card, like one of the villages, to allow you to play your 5s, if terminal, more often.
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! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
 
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
 
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| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=s}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Cards<br>+1 Buy'''{{Divline}}When you gain or trash this, '''+1&nbsp;Coffers''' and '''+1&nbsp;Villager'''. || Renaissance || November 2018  
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| {{CardVersionImage|Silk Merchant|Silk Merchant}} || {{CardVersionImage|Silk MerchantDigital|Silk Merchant from Shuffle iT}} || '''+2&nbsp;Cards'''. '''+1&nbsp;Buy'''.<br>When you gain or trash this, '''+1&nbsp;Coffers''' and '''+1&nbsp;Villager'''. || Renaissance || November 2018  
 
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!Chinese
 
!Chinese
 
| 布商 (pron. ''bùshāng'', lit. ''cloth dealer'') || || ||
 
| 布商 (pron. ''bùshāng'', lit. ''cloth dealer'') || || ||
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!Dutch
 
| Zijdekoopman || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || || style="padding:0px 20px;"|'''+2 Kaarten<br>+1 Aanschaf'''{{divline}}Als je deze kaart pakt of vernietigt, '''+1 Geldkist''' en '''+1 Dorpsbewoner'''.
 
 
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!French
 
!French
| Marchande de soie<br>(Note: explicitly feminine) || || ||
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| Marchande de soie (Note: explicitly feminine) || || ||
 
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!German
 
!German
| Seidenhändlerin<br>(Note: explicitly feminine) || {{CardVersionImage|Silk MerchantGerman|German language Silk Merchant 2019 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|Silk MerchantGerman2021Digital|German language Silk Merchant 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Karten<br>+1 Kauf'''{{Divline}}Wenn du diese Karte nimmst oder entsorgst: '''+1&nbsp;Taler''' und '''+1&nbsp;Dorfbewohner'''.
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| Seidenhändlerin (Note: explicitly feminine) ||{{CardVersionImage|Silk_MerchantGerman|Seidenhändlerin}} || ||'''+2&nbsp;Karten'''. '''+1&nbsp;Kauf'''.
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Wenn du diese Karte nimmst oder entsorgst, '''+1&nbsp;Taler''' und '''+1&nbsp;Dorfbewohner'''.
 
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!Japanese
 
!Japanese
| 絹商人<br> (pron. ''kinushōnin'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+2 カードを引く'''<br>'''+1 購入'''{{Divline}}これを獲得または廃棄するとき、'''+1 村人トークン'''、'''+1 コイントークン'''。
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| 絹商人 (pron. ''kinushōnin'') || || || '''+2 カードを引く''''''+1 購入'''これを獲得または廃棄するとき、'''+1 村人トークン'''、'''+1 コイントークン'''。  
 
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!Russian
 
!Russian
| Торговец Шёлком<br> (pron. ''torgovyets shyolkom'') || || ||
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| Торговец Шёлком (pron. ''torgovyets shyolkom'') || || ||
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!Spanish
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| Comerciante de Sedas || {{CardLangVersionImage|Spanish}} || || '''+2 Cartas<br>+1 Compra'''{{Divline}}Cuando ganas o eliminas esta carta, '''+1 Arcas''' y '''+1 Aldeano'''.
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|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19203.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Renaissance]
 
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19203.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Renaissance]
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=== Connection between top and bottom abilities ===
 
{{Quote
 
|Text= No connection, beyond, it wanted to be terminal.
 
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=20358.msg839154#msg839154 Logic behind "special things"]
 
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=== Donald X. on Silk Merchant being strong ===
 
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|Text= My [[Renaissance]] playtesters knew that Silk Merchant was strong. And by mine I mean the ones at my table, and by those I mean the good ones. Which is to say I checked, and {{Card|Sir Martin}} and Kevin both did speak up and accuse it of being too strong. The last time it came up, I said, "I think it will just be that overpowered card we like." I have missed various powerful cards over the years, and it was no great feat to notice Silk Merchant, but we did notice it.
 
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 
|Source=[https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/373960155169161227/546582756960894986 Dominion Discord, 2019]
 
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{{Quote
 
|Text= For sure the powerful cards want to be things like Silk Merchant. They don't want to be e.g. {{Card|Mountebank}} [or] {{Card|Ghost Ship}}.
 
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 
|Source=[https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/373960155169161227/546594536391180290 Dominion Discord, 2019]
 
 
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