High Seas
Supply
Synergy
Medium (73)Engine 100%Alt-VP / Rush 100%Duration 100%
Gardens/Silk Road + gainer + +Buy — Island + Embargo
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 + Island
Port/Magpie/Experiment empty their own piles fast, pairing with Gardens/Silk Road rush plans.
Victory-cards-matter + alt-VP rush — Explorer + Island
Crossroads/Shepherd-style payoffs for revealing/discarding Victory cards pair naturally with Gardens/Silk Road-style rush plans.