From experience without some really strong payload like bridge or goons or platinum/colony gold floods tend to be really powerful if you can get enough because even if you can’t draw your entire deck drawing seven or eight golds can still get you a couple provinces. that is why I think that card shaped objects like triumph and hoard are strong in a lot of decks.
For sure drawing 7 or 8 Golds gets you a lot of money, and if you can get there you're going to have very strong turns, but don't forget in Hoard's case that means 7 or 8 Victory cards are added too, and now we're talking about drawing 14 stop cards and that's a huge number, which can make it a lot harder to draw and play your sources of +buy too. And also getting those Golds may be forced to come at the expense of not buying engine components needed to be able to draw that much.
I mentioned it in the first slide, but you're right it wasn't a consideration in the slide directly comparing it to other Gold gainers. I have found in practice this is not relevant enough most of the time.
Early hoard is amazing. Also an early multiple estate grab with hoard can snowball a whole game.
From experience without some really strong payload like bridge or goons or platinum/colony gold floods tend to be really powerful if you can get enough because even if you can’t draw your entire deck drawing seven or eight golds can still get you a couple provinces. that is why I think that card shaped objects like triumph and hoard are strong in a lot of decks.
For sure drawing 7 or 8 Golds gets you a lot of money, and if you can get there you're going to have very strong turns, but don't forget in Hoard's case that means 7 or 8 Victory cards are added too, and now we're talking about drawing 14 stop cards and that's a huge number, which can make it a lot harder to draw and play your sources of +buy too. And also getting those Golds may be forced to come at the expense of not buying engine components needed to be able to draw that much.
If you play multiple hordes it’s a lot less victory cards
What you didn’t mention is that hoard can gain multiple golds and most gold gainers can’t.
I mentioned it in the first slide, but you're right it wasn't a consideration in the slide directly comparing it to other Gold gainers. I have found in practice this is not relevant enough most of the time.