• Type: Action-Liaison
• Cost: 5
• Effect: +3 Cards. If this made you shuffle (at least one card), +1 Action and +2 Favors.

Shuffle-trigger draw Liaison. +3 Cards is Smithy-tier base. On shuffle, becomes cantrip with +2 Favors bonus.

Killer feature: thinned-deck synergy. Smaller deck = more frequent shuffles = consistent Favor income.

Overall A-tier. Spikes with thin decks.

Mid-game cost-5 buy. Pair with Chapel-tier thinning.

Each turn: Emissary fires, thin deck triggers shuffle, +2 Favors compound.

End-game: Favor stockpile → Ally activation.

Emissary + Chapel: thin deck = constant shuffles.

Emissary + Throne Room: TR + Emissary = +6 Cards.

Emissary + other Liaisons: stack Favor.

Emissary + heavy draw: shuffle-trigger boost.

• Thinning (Chapel, Modify): thin → frequent shuffle.
• Liaisons: Favor stack.
• Throne Room: doubled.
• Heavy draw: shuffle stimulator.

• Thick decks: shuffles rare, Favor effect dim.
• Fast BM: BM without thinning weak.
• Weak Ally: stockpile wasted.

Shuffle-trigger is the core skill. Chapel-thinned (10-or-less) deck shuffles every turn = +2 Favor consistent.

2 copies stable. 3+ overkill.

Emissary + Chapel is one of Allies' top combos.

Draw alone (+3 Cards) = Smithy-grade. Always at least basic value even without shuffle.