Silk Road

Basic Info

• Type: Victory
• Cost: 4
• Effect: Worth 1 VP for every 4 Victory cards in your deck (round down).

Rating

Hinterlands' density-VP card. Cost 4 = 1 VP per 4 VP cards. Silk Road counts itself — 4 Silk Roads = 4 VP without other VP.

3-pile-to-go protagonist. Drain Estate + Silk Road + third pile to end.

Community consensus: 3-pile key, board-dependent explosive. Tier B+.

How to Play

3-pile-to-go pillar. Mass-buy Estates + Silk Roads for endgame VP.

Mid+: Keep Estates to amplify Silk Road density.

4 Silk Roads + 6 Estates + 3 Duchies = 4 + 6 + 9 + 3 = 22 VP.

Key Combos

Silk Road + Mass Estate: Don't trash Estates; feed Silk Road.

Silk Road + Great Hall (Intrigue): VP + draw.

Silk Road + Crossroads: VP-card draw.

Silk Road + +1 Buy: Multi-buy per turn.

Synergies

• Great Hall (Intrigue): VP + draw.
• Crossroads: VP draw support.
• +1 Buy (Margrave, Spice Merchant): Multi-buy.
• Duchy: VP density.
• Tunnel: VP + reaction.
• Border Village: BV gains Silk Road (cost 4).

Counters & Bad Matchups

• Trasher boards (Chapel, Masquerade): Estate loss erodes density.
• Pure draw engines: Silk Road/Estate clog draw.
• Standard Province game: Silk Road outpaced by Provinces.

Advanced Tips

3-pile-to-go: 10 Silk Roads + 8 Estates + third pile = end.

VP count includes Estate/Duchy/Province/Silk Road/Tunnel/Great Hall.

8 Silk Roads + 6 Estates = 14 VP cards = 3 × 8 + 1 × 6 = 30 VP.

Cap: 6-8 copies.

BV gain: Buy BV (cost 6), gain Silk Road (cost 4) bonus.