Cold Calculation

Supply

High (77)

Engine 100%Alt-VP / Rush 100%Slog 80%

Gardens/Silk Road + gainer + +Buy — Duke + Craftsman

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.

Duke + Duchy-gainers — Duke + Craftsman

Duke scores 1 VP per Duchy — cards that can gain Duchies directly accelerate it well past a normal buy plan.

Variety payoff + broad gainer/+Buy — Snake Witch + Craftsman

Fairgrounds/Museum/Horn of Plenty want many differently-named cards; Workshops and +Buy make one-of shopping cheap.

Victory-cards-matter + alt-VP rush — Baron + Duke

Crossroads/Shepherd-style payoffs for revealing/discarding Victory cards pair naturally with Gardens/Silk Road-style rush plans.