Definitely makes me feel a lot better about dropping a run when the winning line has Patient hitting the (Golden Vault-protected) Pyre 10 times, lol I don't remember 100% of the pathing decisions I made, but I definitely went to the magic shop + removals and not the caverns that had For the Greater Good -- I should have recognized by that point that I wasn't going to scale enough with the cards I had, and so I should have gone fishing!
This run was brutally difficult, and is a perfect example of what I am looking for in this series. Squeezing a victory out here is not something I'd expect most players to be able to pull off blind.
I've been following its development closely, and if they keep moving in the right direction then it's entirely possible! In its current state I don't think the game is particularly great right now, but each patch is an improvement, so here's hoping!