Collector (2nd)

Supply

Synergy

Medium (71)
Slog 100%Duration 100%Engine 80%
Gardens/Silk Road + gainer + +Buy Fairgrounds + Blockade

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 Smugglers + Fairgrounds

Port/Magpie/Experiment empty their own piles fast, pairing with Gardens/Silk Road rush plans.

Variety payoff + broad gainer/+Buy Fairgrounds + Blockade

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

Variety payoffs vs self-duplicators Fairgrounds + Smugglers

Menagerie-style payoffs want unique names; self-duplicating cards work against that plan.