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If I recall correctly, if another player who is controlling your turn with Possession plays Possession, that means that you get to control the Possession turn, not them (as it was still you who played it). So the situation you describe with your opponent using your own Possession against you should definitely not be possible.

If I had been developing a new version of online Dominion with limited resources (which actually I was - I miss Isotropic), I would have focused on making it work well for experienced players first too. In fact, I'd have put retaining the core player-base at the centre of everything, as players who move onto other online card games now may never return.

It would be nice to launch with a raft of beginner focused features like animations and tutorial, along with a massive publicity blitz about the relaunch, but let's face it - Shuffle IT is not Blizzard and does not have that kind of resource. Those things can come later, and then it'll be up to us to spread the word and get Dominion the recognition it deserves online as well.

Thief is a very weak card. Though Bandit costs one more and is still a terminal action, that is well compensated by the fact that you always get a gold, and can't trash all of your opponent's coppers for them. Thief-to-Bandit is pretty much a straight upgrade.