Starting with gem draw 4 is obviously necessary but also just a nice way to save chips. Dodge is a good energy ability, better EV than tough and you don't get hit with 1 energy/turn (which penalizes spending energy for food or flea market). Hi, let me post a comment from discord summed up by one of the top players in the game which I think describes it really well:
First off let me show a quick gauntlet of 10 ninja runs I did:
