So how do you play Miser as often as possible? You could get multiple Misers, but be aware that Miser is terminal, so you will risk collision plan ahead what you're going to do if Misers collide. Your deck will be thinner quickly, and you will be able to use Miser's ability to your advantage. So how to do this? Not unlike cards such as Mine and Taxman, which are also difficult to use but not terrible, Miser gets exponentially stronger if you can play it more often. The thing to take away from this: don't use Miser unless you have a plan to utilize its slow, large Pirate Ship-like benefit later on in the game. By the time your Miser reaches + or more, your Big Money opponent might already have won.

At least something like Trade Route, also a single-card trasher, can trash any card, not just Copper, and it's cheaper on top of it. Of course, Miser is not a power card, because it's pretty slow (pseudo-)trashing only one Copper per play is rather lackluster. Miser, on the other hand, helps you thin your own deck, so it's a lot better in that sense. could also be trashed by Pirates), thereby making their deck better instead of worse. This sounds like a terrible deal, but one of the reasons Pirate Ship is so weak is that it, like Thief, has the very unfortunate tendency to thin your opponent's deck by trashing their Copper (although Silver, Gold, etc. There is no strategy article for Miser, but the card has been discussed on the forum.Īt first glance, the card Miser seems most similar to is Pirate Ship, except for the fact that it trashes your own Treasures ( Copper ) instead of your opponent's. Putting a Copper from your hand on your mat is not trashing it Coppers on your mat are not in play, but count as part of your deck when scoring at the end.You may also choose to get + per Copper on your mat if there are no Coppers on your mat nothing will happen.You may choose to put a Copper from your hand on your mat even if you have no Coppers in hand nothing will happen.

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