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I like Commercial District for early MC prod, and the tile placement is nice. Stranded knight rated it 'C' for starting hand; keepable if playable and doesn't 'distract' from better plays? Thanks for the thoughts, I love to improve.

FrankJones wrote: ↑04 March 2026, 19:06 Usually, Tharsis is considered better than Helion, right? Or, not?

I'm curious what makes this obvious a Helion hand rather than Tharsis. Tharsis does okay with strong starting plant production and 6 heat production, right?

Ever get a crazy plant prod start with ecoline but you never draw enough heat to terraform? You gas out and engines beat you. This hand has plant prod and heat prod with the added flexability to turn the heat into mc. So it's an ideal rush opener that can pivot imo.

PleaseAGB1 wrote: ↑04 March 2026, 19:20 I like Commercial District for early MC prod, and the tile placement is nice. Stranded knight rated it 'C' for starting hand; keepable if playable and doesn't 'distract' from better plays? Thanks for the thoughts, I love to improve.

If you would like to watch a master destroy a 600+ elo with a phenomenal starting hand and an AI central by gen 5, just watch this game.