Thread:Stray Bird/@comment-28818979-20161217150031/@comment-27971189-20170703080507

Nope.

Tokiomi using his wealth for that first snake skin because he aware Gil is OP. He aware of it enough that he is acting like the victory is pretty much guaranteed to the point he asked Kirei for faking Assassin death only to display Gil power to other contenders.

Zouken himself is OK letting Kariya goes because its Lancelot.

He chose Berserker believing ME would gave boost enough for Lancelot to win even with Kariya as Master. Basically Zouken is betting on Lancelot skills to finish things early, before Kariya died; high risk high return expectation.

Its not like he didn't see it coming as Kariya can not control the mana flow properly, its just Kariya died earlier than what he expected even after using Servant who solely rely on skill.

I'm pretty sure Zouken kept Arondight with awareness that Matou family magical prowess is declining. Technically, betting on Lancelot is much better than Yoshitsune with such condition considering Yoshitsune's NP probably involving some beam which may cause Kariya died much faster (LOL).

Einzbern already exploited the fame boost with Herc actually. Its just the effect is minor, not reaching 100% fame boost that Nasu said would make Herc 'nearly invincible'.

IIRC, Nasu answered that the reason why neither Tohsaka, Matou and Einzbern has catalysts as good as 4th War is because 4th War consume most of their resources (money, etc) that they ended up can not providing catalysts on same level of rarity with Avalon, first snake skin and Arondight anymore.