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Dominion => Rules Questions => Topic started by: darkandstormy on January 26, 2018, 05:49:32 pm

Title: Capital + Bonfire
Post by: darkandstormy on January 26, 2018, 05:49:32 pm
Capital states that "when you discard this from play, take 6 debt"

If, in a game where Bonfire is present, the player buys Bonfire to trash his/her Capital(s), does this mean that Capital was not discarded from play?
(E.g. Gained $3 at the expense of trashing one Capital, or gained $9 + 1 Buy at the expense of trashing 2)
Title: Re: Capital + Bonfire
Post by: GendoIkari on January 26, 2018, 06:02:00 pm
Correct. Similar to cards like Counterfeit, Mandarin, or Herbalist, it’s a good combo for Capital.
Title: Re: Capital + Bonfire
Post by: crj on January 26, 2018, 08:52:49 pm
Correct. Similar to cards like Counterfeit, Mandarin, or Herbalist, it’s a good combo for Capital.
It's legal, but is it really "good"? I'm struggling to see a situation in which using up a buy and $3 so you can trash a $5-cost card to avoid 6 debt would be an attractive line of play!
Title: Re: Capital + Bonfire
Post by: Kirian on January 27, 2018, 12:19:02 am
Correct. Similar to cards like Counterfeit, Mandarin, or Herbalist, it’s a good combo for Capital.
It's legal, but is it really "good"? I'm struggling to see a situation in which using up a buy and $3 so you can trash a $5-cost card to avoid 6 debt would be an attractive line of play!

If you know you won't shuffle again, it's a net $3 for your next turn.
Title: Re: Capital + Bonfire
Post by: werothegreat on January 27, 2018, 12:56:27 am
Correct. Similar to cards like Counterfeit, Mandarin, or Herbalist, it’s a good combo for Capital.
It's legal, but is it really "good"? I'm struggling to see a situation in which using up a buy and $3 so you can trash a $5-cost card to avoid 6 debt would be an attractive line of play!

I'm sure someone can finagle something with Graverobbers.  Probably use 2 Capitals, since Bonfire can trash up to 2.
Title: Re: Capital + Bonfire
Post by: Awaclus on January 27, 2018, 04:42:18 am
Correct. Similar to cards like Counterfeit, Mandarin, or Herbalist, it’s a good combo for Capital.
It's legal, but is it really "good"? I'm struggling to see a situation in which using up a buy and $3 so you can trash a $5-cost card to avoid 6 debt would be an attractive line of play!

It's not a good strategy, but it can be a valid tactical move.
Title: Re: Capital + Bonfire
Post by: GendoIkari on January 28, 2018, 03:17:38 am
Yeah I really wasn't meaning to comment on the strength of the strategy behind it... I should have said "valid", not "good", in that it is a combo; those other cards do get around the usual drawback of Capital.