Optimal resource boost plays

[Tuism]

Ok so this has been troubling my mathematically inept mind for a while.

Let's say you have these cards in your opening hand:
1 cost +1 action (anything really, let's say Kings order)
2 cost +3 surprise (forced inheritance)
3 cost whatever

What's the best way to play boosters so that you can play the 3 cost as soon as possible? I used to think play the 1 cost first, but it almost feels like saving for the inheritance feels quicker.

What if you throw in a merchant ship of 1 cost +2?

What if you wanted to play a 4 cost ASAP?

Of course seeing what your opponent is playing and playing accordingly is important, but I just wanted to know from a pure speed point of view...

Much obliged guys

[The Rancord]

Political Patronage

[Tuism]

Lol stick to the topic damnit

And i would if I had more than 2

[Diomedia]

Political Patronage is interesting because if you play it at 1/2 your gold goes to 4/3

[The Rancord]

If u play merchant ship right away, u have the gold returned 1 day later. This means u can play a 2 cost card after 0.75 day except to the normal 0.5

So if u play Forced at 0.5 day u are at 3 gold at the 1 day. With Merchant ship you can play it at 0.875, and if its a site it will resolve before the new day trigger at 1.5 but u are +1 income less.

[Brontobeuf]

Play the suprise first.
Then the 1 for 1.
Then the cost 3.

[Tuism]

Definitive answer from Bronto
Rancord I like your analysis, but it's a tad confusing... I'm not following...

That's kinda what I thought - so forced inheritance ALWAYS beats out other income boosters, right? Seems like it.

Zero costs are no-brainers. What about a Forced Inheritance vs Merchant ship? Which first? I'm suspecting Inheritance. I can't work out formulas @_@

OMG my brain hurts from attempting maths.

Can someone fill out this form:

Play Merchant beginning day 1, then play inheritance: Reach 3 gold by when?
Play Inheritance at the half way through day 1, then Merchant: Reach 3 gold by when?

[The Rancord]

merchant ship reach 3 gold at 0.9 and inheritance at 1.0

But u are still 1 income behind with merchant ship. But if you want for example a site that scores before new day 1.5 merchant ship works and inheritance doesn't

Well lets think it through:
Start with 1/2, u play forced inheritance at 0.5, lets ignore the little delay on resolving that means at time 0.5 you are at 0/6. Now means u get 6 income in 1 day, so 3 in 0.5 days, so at time 1.0 you have 3/6

If you use merchant ship right away, you will have at 0.5 1/5, means every 0.2 you get 1 gold. so it take you 0.4 timesteps to reach 3 gold.

0.4+0.5=0.9 so merchant ship is faster. for the 3 gold.





Ok and now merchant ship the inheritance or inheritance than merchant ship question.

Merchant ship reaches 2 gold at 0.7, so if u launch inheritance then u are at 0/8. that means 1 gold every 0.125 timesteaps. this neabs 0.7+0.375 with is 1.075 for 3 gold 8 income.

If u play it the other way round. u will cast the merchant ship at 0.666666, but it will resolve at 1.166666. This is exactly the moment u reach 3 gold and 8 income. Means u are 0.09166666666 timesteps slower






And finally compare knowledge is pwoer FI to FI knowledge is power.

Both Options at 0.5:
1/4 With Knowledge is power
0/6 with Forced inheritance

at 0.666666 you will launch KiP if u started with FI to:
0/6 ---you will reach 3 gold 0.5 days later wich is when KiP resolves: 1.166666

at 0.75 you will launch FI if u started with knowledge is power to:
0/7 --- you will reach 3 gold 0.4285 days later with is 1.178

So FI first is faster, but not at any rate that you really want to count it. especially u should take in account that the effect of the 1 cost card resolves 0.666666 days later. Wich emans if u have something like discret calling, play it first

[Tuism]

Wow dude thanks for the exaplanation. That screws up a little bit of the video I'm 52% into uploading. I think it'll take another hour or something. Youtube is giving a lot of hassles to everyone it seems - Twitter is abuzz with "wtf youtube!?!!".

wait, what do you mean 0.66666 days later? Don't cards take 0.5 day to resolve? Are actions slower than 0.5 day?

[The Rancord]

I dunno what you exactly mean, but the 0.66666 is time where you can launch a 1 gold action when u started with Forced inheritance.

[Tuism]

Oh I see, cool thanks Sometimes I wonder if it's better to skip the boosters in the initial frenzy and go for something to try and avoid a counter (Lanz, for example). You can out a 3 cost at day 0.888 (round about?) without playing anything.

With no boost at day 0.75
With a 1 +1 action boost at beginning of day 2 (so day 1 lapsed)
With a 1 +1 surprise boost at somewhere between the previous two
With a 0 +1 AND a 1 +1 the same as above

I think my conclusion is... Unless you're sure your opponent is gonna counter your 3/4 cost first threat, just play anything.

Otherwise there *might* be merit to waiting to launch your 3 cost (cost it' the fastest, and *maybe* the safest against counter-heavy decks) then going back to launch your boosters.

Hmmmm what do you think?

[The Rancord]

0.83333 its is
With a 1 cost +2 income boost u can cast at 0.9 a 3 cost card.

So the questions where u started "With" you want to know how much gold u have at 0.75 with the specific scenarios?

Id play booster anyway, He can as well have an ultimatly end and can play Forced Inheritance before. He will reach 4 gold for a court order at 1.16666, l while your card resolves at 1.333333. So how safe are you? Ultimatly End is even faster.