✖️ Multiplier Gambit

All-in on score multipliers for the biggest possible scores

Hard - High Risk, High Reward

📋 Strategy Overview

The Multiplier Gambit strategy goes all-in on ×2, ×3, or even higher multipliers. A modest 15-point hand becomes 45 points with a ×3 multiplier. But if your multiplier gets sabotaged or your base is too low, you crash and burn.

Base 15 × 3 = 45 points!

⚠️ High Risk Warning

Multiplier strategies are the easiest to disrupt. A single Sabotage card can reduce your ×3 to ×1.5 or worse. Only commit to this if you can protect your multiplier or your opponents lack Sabotage.

Strengths

  • Highest possible scores in the game
  • Can win from behind with one big hand
  • Exciting, memorable plays
  • Opponents must respect your threat

Weaknesses

  • Extremely vulnerable to Sabotage
  • Needs both base AND multiplier
  • Inconsistent results
  • If it fails, it fails hard

📦 Example Hand: The Big Gamble

Total Energy Cost: 10 | Expected Score: 42-60 (or 14-20 if sabotaged)

💥 Supernova (Fire, Multiply) Double Down (Cost 4) Power Boost (Cost 3) Solid Foundation (Cost 3)

Play Sequence

  1. Solid Foundation—build base score first (+6)
  2. Power Boost—add more base score (+5)
  3. Double Down—"Multiply your hand total by 2" (×2)
  4. Supernova triggers last—"If total ≥20 before multiply, ×1.5 additional"

Score Breakdown

Chaos (Supernova) Power7
Solid Foundation+6
Power Boost+5
Double Down base+3
Subtotal21
Double Down ×2×2
After first multiply42
Supernova ×1.5 (≥20 trigger)×1.5
FINAL TOTAL63!

🎴 Key Cards for Multiplier

×2 Multipliers

The foundation. Double Down, Mirror Image, etc.

×3 Multipliers

Rare but devastating. Usually Legendary cards.

High Base Cards

Multiplying 5 vs 15 is a huge difference.

Threshold Triggers

"If total ≥X" cards that add extra multipliers.

🛡️ Protecting Your Multiplier

  • Cancel cards: Hold a Cancel to negate incoming Sabotage
  • Aura shields: Some Auras protect against effect reduction
  • Play last: Wait until opponents have used their Sabotage elsewhere
  • Bluff small: Don't telegraph your big multiplier until it's too late

⏰ When to Gambit

  • When behind: Need a big swing to catch up
  • Few Sabotage cards in play: Check what opponents drafted
  • Final hands: Opponents may have spent their disruption
  • Fire/Earth Chaos: Best multiplier synergies