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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 | + | 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. | ||
