Haste Potion
Supply
Synergy
High (76)Engine 100%Alt-VP / Rush 100%Trash-for-benefit 95%
Gardens/Silk Road + gainer + +Buy — Vineyard + Messenger
Cheap alt-VP piles score best when you can gain/buy many cards per turn to pad the deck count — the generalized Beggar/Gardens pattern.
Self-duplicators accelerate three-pile endings — Magpie + Vineyard
Port/Magpie/Experiment empty their own piles fast, pairing with Gardens/Silk Road rush plans.
Multiple Potion-cost piles — Scrying Pool + Transmute
A single Potion purchase amortizes across piles — a lone Potion-cost card is a cost, two or more is a plan.
Vineyard + cheap Action gainers — Vineyard + Messenger
Vineyard scores 1 VP per 3 Action cards — University/Workshops/Talisman stack Actions fast.