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Alright, since then I played a game where the Steward works as expected, i.e. it only considers itself and chooses the best 2 options. The rule is correctly phrased.

In the meantime, the publisher clarified the rulebook, see https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3497846/which-2-cards-get-filled-by-the-steward In the rulebook, for the general application of card effects (page 9), it says every card "takes itself into account", which to me translates as "...

How does Steward work and why? It says "gain gold on 2 purse cards until they are full". Why can't I decide which cards I want to choose? It seems to always choose himself as one card and another one randomly, even if this is a suboptimal choice. Is this intended by a rule I didn't notice ...